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March 15, 2017 | Clifford D. May

What went wrong in Pakistan

Pakistan was meant to be a model, an example for other nations to emulate. It was founded after World War II, as the sun was set...

February 18, 2015 | Clifford D. May

The Ideology Whose Name Presidents Dare Not Speak

Is there a “Bush/Obama approach” to talking about what drives and justifies terrorism? Michael Gerson says there is. I think he’s right. He argues that this approach is preferab...

January 15, 2015 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Kill 2 ‘Uzbeks’ in South Waziristan

The US killed seven "militants," including two Uzbeks, in the second drone strike reported in Pakistan's tribal areas so far this year. The CIA-operated, remotely piloted Predators...

January 5, 2015 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Hit ‘Good Taliban’ Commander’s Compound in North Waziristan

The US launched the first drone strike in Pakistan this year in an attack targeting fighters loyal to a Taliban commander who is favored by Pakistan's government a...

April 15, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Captures Senior Lashkar-e-Taiba Leader in Ghazni

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces captured a senior leader from the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba during a raid today in the southeastern Afghan province of Ghazni. Additionally, sp...

July 2, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

ISAF Kills Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Leader for Kunar in Airstrike

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed the leader of the al Qaeda-linked, Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, or Army of the Pure, during an airstrike yesterday in the remote eastern p...

April 3, 2012 |

From Brampton to Bangladesh, Anti-Hindu Hate is All Too Real

The last week has done much to educate me in the ethnic politics of South Asia. After writing...

April 13, 2011 |

It Will Get Worse, if the U.S. Leaves

It is entirely possible that the Central Intelligence Agency may have been a bit heavy-handed with the Pakistani military, as with the “unauthorized” drone attacks (the vast majority...

December 26, 2010 | The New Republic

Should the CIA Turn Against Pakistan’s Spies?

The recent chief-of-station (COS) cover-shredding brouhaha between the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate marks an ironic and pos...

September 18, 2009 |

Pashtuns and Pakistanis

The war in Afghanistan obviously isn't going well. Depressing critiques from all quarters underscore Afghanistan's appalling poverty, warlordism, religious conservatism, corruption, pop...

August 23, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban suicide bomber kills 17 in Pakistan’s Swat district

Map of the tribal areas and the Northwest Frontier Province. Hangu is the latest district to fall under Taliban control. The government signed peace agreements in the red agencies/...

August 21, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban suicide bombers kill 70 Pakistanis outside a munitions factory

Map of major Pakistani Air Force bases, including the nuclear sites of Kamra and Sargodha. Pakistani air bases are the most likely sites to house nuclear weapons storage and launch...

August 19, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban suicide bomber strike at Pakistani hospital, kills 29

Just one day after Pervez Musharraf's resignation from the office of the president of Pakistan, the Taliban conducted a deadly strike in the settled district of Dera Ishmael Khan. A Taliban...

August 13, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Suicide attack kills 9 in Lahore

Aftermath of the suicide attack in Lahore. AFP photo.   The Taliban have restarted its terror campaign in Pakistan's cities. A suicide bomber struck in Lahore,...

August 12, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Bombing on Pakistani Air Force bus kills 13 in Peshawar

The Taliban have taken credit for a deadly bus bombing on a Pakistani Air Force bus in Peshawar. Thirteen Pakistanis, including ten security offici...

July 8, 2008 | The Long War Journal

String of bombings rock Karachi

One day after a suicide bomber killed 19 Pakistanis, including 15 policemen, in the capital of Islamabad, a string of bombings rocked the southern port city of Karachi. One civilian was k...

July 3, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Pakistan pulls punches in Khyber operation

The Pakistani government continues to claim success during the current operation against extremist groups operating in the tribal agency of Khyber. The military and government claim the T...

June 29, 2008 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Pakistani military advances in Khyber

The military operation in Pakistan's tribal agency of Khyber completed its second day. The military said the operation is limited in scope, while the Taliban have again threatened to attack...

June 28, 2008 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Pakistan strikes at Taliban in Khyber agency

 The Pakistani government has launched an operation targeting the Taliban in the Khyber tribal agency along the Afghan border. The operation is led by the paramilitary Frontier Corps and pol...