THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE: “Enlisting Allah in Afghanistan”
Tweet From The Atlantic Magazine To thwart the Taliban, marines in Helmand province are teaching the locals to read the Koran. By BRIAN MOCKENHAUPT Sebastiano Tomada Piccolomini SOON AFTER HE DEPLOYED to southern Afghanistan this spring, Lieutenant Commander Nathan Solomon, a Navy chaplain, learned of a disconcerting and persistent belief among the locals in northern Marja: the...
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AP: “Amid Bombings, Pakistan Turns to Conspiracies”
Tweet From Associated Press FILE – In this file picture taken on May 27, 2011, supporters of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami sit listening to speeches during an anti-American rally in Islamabad. (AP) – May 29, 2011 ISLAMABAD (AP) — Facing a surge in violence after the killing of Osama bin Laden, Pakistanis are taking...
THE GUARDIAN (UK): “Taliban Kill Head of Afghan Girls School”
Tweet From The Guardian Newspaper (UK) Government officials say teacher had ignored death threats from hardline Islamists warning him not to teach girls Reuters guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 25 May 2011 10.55 BST An Afghan girl in a classroom in Kabul, where girls have returned to school after the ban on education for women under the Taliban...
CNN: “U.S. imams arrested for alleged Pakistani Taliban links”
Tweet By the CNN Wire Staff May 14, 2011 11:33 a.m. EDT The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for suicide attacks Friday that killed at least 80 people. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Hafiz Khan and two sons arrested His daughter, grandson and one other person is wanted They are charged with providing support to a terrorist organization Read...
BBC NEWS: “Pakistan militants killed 2,500 last year, report says”
Tweet April 14 2011 Last updated at 13:11 ET Hundreds were injured in militant attacks – most victims were civilians More than 2,500 people were killed in militant attacks in Pakistan in 2010, according to the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP). Nearly half of victims were civilians killed in suicide blasts. There were...
NPR: Pakistan Kills Dozens Of Militants, Official says
Tweet By The Associated Press April 8, 2011 Pakistani security forces backed by helicopter gunships and jets killed 54 alleged militants in a region near the Afghan border where the military has repeatedly tried to flush out the Taliban, a government official said Friday. Three troops also died in the clashes. The fighting in the...
BBC: Pakistan has ‘no clear path’ on fighting militancy
Tweet April 6, 2011 Last updated at 03:09 ET Pakistan still has no “clear path” to defeat militants on its soil, a new White House has said. The report also said the Afghan Taliban had begun targeting civilian targets in recent months and that “heavy fighting” was expected this spring. Pakistan has come under increasing...
