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The Drone Debate: Pros and Cons

How Drones Creates More Terrorists: Militants take advantage of fearful communities to drw new recruits Hassan Abbas, The Atlantic, August 23, 2013 Recently, strong evidence has begun to suggest that terrorists use drone strikes as a recruitment tool. Of course, the value of drones in the arena of intelligence-gathering and secret surveillance of foes (and even friends) is unmistakable.

Future of Militancy in Pakistan's Punjab

The Punjab factorPunjab serves not only as an ideological hub of militancy but also as an important source of logistics and recruitments for the militantsBy Muhammad Amir Rana, The News, August 18, 2013If the media reports are true that the government has decided to launch a serious operation against Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and Punjabi Taliban in Punjab, it indicates a major shift in threat