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The Game of Risk
Well, at least things are developing, right? Actually, no news would be somewhat good news right now. Instead, the Taliban are at it again, and now people are getting seriously worried. Serious as in, 70 miles away from the Pakistani capital serious. That’s right, after initially attempting and failing to capture the Buner district, the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Terror on trial (not an easy task)
Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only terrorist that Indian authorities managed to capture alive during the Mumbai Attacks, is now on trial and has been charged with murder, conspiracy and waging war against India. It’s been a long journey to this point, starting initially with capturing the terrorist alive in the first place. Then there was [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )The Carnival of Democracy
Switching gears a little bit from the ever-depressing news out of the Af-Pak region, we’re now all set to look at what will be the largest democratic event in human history: the 700 million voters eligible to make their voice heard in the Indian elections, starting Thursday, April 16. Since India works on a parliamentary [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Slash and Burn
If the Twin Towers had been attacked today, the Afghanistan invasion would not have stopped at Pakistan’s border. It would have gone deep into the mountains of Pakistan’s North Western Frontier Province, also known today as the fount of global terrorism. The Afghanistan war – Operation Enduring Freedom – had America cutting down the branches [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )The Idea of Pakistan
Here’s a primer on a country that is already incredibly important to American affairs in South Asia, and the world for that matter. You can attempt to understand the very idea of Pakistan and it’s existential qualms at Chapati Mystery, as they commemorate Pakistan Day 2009. On March 23rd, Pakistan celebrates “Pakistan Day” to commemorate [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )The Great Restructuring
I know this blog is focused on South Asia, and this will be a digression from that overarching theme, but as someone who hopes to make journalism his profession, I feel compelled to make some mention of Clay Shirky’s latest analysis of the newspaper business. This is a Must Read for anyone interested in the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )How do you hold a rogue moonbeam in your hand?
How do you solve a problem like Pakistan? Well, what do you do when your radical traitor of a brother, who you swore you’d never talk to again, is now broke and seems to have a terminal disease? You help him out, that’s what you do. You throw him a bone. Family’s family after all, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Mixing Sports, Politics and Terror
At least five members of the Sri Lankan cricket team have been injured in a shooting incident in the Pakistani city of Lahore, a Sri Lankan minister says. The incident happened when unidentified gunmen fired on a convoy carrying Sri Lankan and Pakistani cricketers. Pakistani officials said about 12 gunmen were involved and grenades and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Here we go again
Just when things seemed like they were going well (actually, okay, things didn’t seem like they were going well at all), South Asia begins stumbling back in to the morass of totalitarianism and violence. First, Pakistan; always a good source of exciting journalism, doesn’t make it a great place to live. Says Dawn, one of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Key to South Asia: Not Kashmir
Most foreign policy experts and commentators today agree that Afghanistan and Pakistan are the real forefronts of America’s War on Terror. This is the place where global jihadi terrorism has been allowed to grow and flourish, especially while American troops are otherwise occupied in Iraq. An increased military focus on Afghanistan, accompanied by a drawdown [...]
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