US plans to keep Al-Qaeda in check in Afghanistan with air strikes
The Pentagon plans to rely on air strikes to prevent a resurgence of Al-Qaeda now that US troops have left Afghanistan, but experts and some lawmakers are skeptical about the…
The return of Al-Qaeda
Back in 2011 many thought Al-Qaeda was finished. Battered by America’s ferocious response to 9/11 and relentlessly targeted by drones, the organisation was gasping for breath. The death of Bin…
Al-Qaeda
Pakistan’s first 9/11 was in 1948 when its founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah passed away and the tremulous ecstasy of independence that had been achieved the previous year proved short-lived. With…
Al-Qaeda battleground
The reported death of Abu Yahya al-Libi in the latest US drone strike may have dealt yet another blow to the Al Qaeda leadership operating from Pakistan’s lawless tribal region…
Bin Laden and the Al-Qaeda story
Last Wednesday marked the first anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden. Within three days of his death the myth that he commanded the absolute loyalty of all Al-Qaeda…
The failure of Al-Qaeda propaganda
For several years Al-Qaeda has persevered with a relentless propaganda campaign against Pakistan, but there has been no effort on the part of the government to neutralise this blitzkrieg. Suicide…
The fracturing of Al-Qaeda
There have been credible reports in the Arab media that fissures have surfaced within Al-Qaeda after the death of Osama bin Laden. Unnamed but reliable sources have revealed that fierce…
Anti-Americanism: rhetoric and reality
Imran Khan’s PTI rushed to condemn the recent meeting between former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and the US ambassador to Pakistan, Donald Blome, as “a significant intrusion into Pakistan’s internal…
Policing the dark web
The internet has revolutionized the world in many ways. It has made communication faster and more efficient, and it has given people access to information on a scale that was…
Has US shot the dollar in the foot?
Who could’ve known that one of the unintended consequences of the Ukraine war would be the first signs of a shift that could dethrone the dollar as the world’s reserve…
