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NOTE: The author of this blog had exposed these facts about Kargil Operation in his book 'Pakistan's Drift into Extremism' as early as July 2004: See the relevant text of the book by clicking here and here Kargil Adventure was Four Men Show: General Khaleeq Kiani, Dawn, January 29, 2013 ISLAMABAD: The men who witnessed the Kargil fiasco continue to spill the beans. Lt Gen (retd) Shahid Aziz, a

Which Way Did the Taliban Go?By Luke Mogelson, New York Times, January 17, 2013 The village was abandoned. Streets deserted. Houses empty. Behind the central mosque rose a steep escarpment. Behind the escarpment mountains upon mountains. Up there — above the timberline, among the peaks — a white Taliban flag whipped in the wind. Several Afghan soldiers were admiring it when a stunted and

Pakistan's Moment is Near — but Will Anyone Care? - by Hassan Abbas,  Asia Society & CNN, January 15th, 2013 Pakistan is only months away from a first: A democratically elected government is slated to hand over power to another democratically elected government. Too bad few in Pakistan are in a celebratory mood. The lack of excitement is due, in part, to a worsening economic situation

[Irfan Ali died in a terrorist attack targeting Shia Hazara in Quetta recently] Silencing the Voice of the Voiceless Saleem Javed, Dawn, January 12, 2013 His parents named him Irfan Ali but he added ‘Khudi’ to it later on. He strongly believed in Iqbal’s ‘Khudi ko kar buland itna kay hurr taqdeer se pehlay … khuda banday se khud puchay bata teri raza kya hai’. Ali had an intense devotion

Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion    VIDEO: http://newamerica.net/events/2013/talibanistan The longest war the United States has ever fought is the ongoing war in Afghanistan. But when refer to "Afghanistan," we really mean a conflict that straddles the border with Pakistan -- and the reality of Islamic militancy on that border is

Paradigm Shift? Reassessing Pakistan’s Security Raza Rumi, January 6, 2013 Published in The News on Sunday The Pakistan army has reportedly revised its security assessment and is now placing more emphasis on ‘internal threats’ rather than external enemies   Media reports suggest that the Pakistan army has revised its security assessment and is now placing more emphasis on ‘internal threats’