Taliban
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“Amriki jasoosi (American spy)” must die
A comment, with a long news extract, on North Waziristan civilians caught between US drones and Taliban militants, quoting a man whose friend was dragged away on suspicion of spying.
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Politics
Taliban Justice. Then and Now
The poster points to Kahar Zalmay’s report on taking a Karachi property dispute to a Taliban commander’s court in North Waziristan, and reposts his own six-year-old account, suggesting the heroic…
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Election 2014: Death Knell of Strategic Depth?
Calling Afghanistan’s April 2014 vote a possible death knell for strategic depth, the author likens its importance to December 1971 for the two-nation theory, whether it reflects Taliban weakness or…
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Monsters Inc
A report on the Taliban attack on Kabul’s Serena Hotel that killed a family including a five-year-old, with the poster asking why the Taliban are not designated terrorists.
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Dark days for Indian Mujahideen
A note on the arrest of Tehseen Akhtar, described as the Indian Mujahideen’s India chief, with the poster’s view that the arrest may reduce the threat to the general elections,…
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Sardar Ahmad
A note on the killing of Afghan journalist Sardar Ahmad and his family in Kabul, with the poster’s bitter comment on the Taliban and the Afghan suspicion of the ISI.
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Geopolitics
“The nation would soon hear good news”
A note on announced direct talks between the Pakistani government and the Taliban, including prisoner swaps, with the poster’s view that the Taliban should at least tolerate the constitution.
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Geopolitics
SAsia (mostly India) and the USA
A report on cut US aid to Pakistan, with the poster arguing that Washington needs Pakistan for a smooth exit from Afghanistan and that the curious wording of the announcement…
