After Osama bin Laden
I had repeatedly written and stated that that “Al-Qaeda is a reality and its leader Osama is alive.” In the process I faced heavy odds and losses, which I am…
NY exhibition ‘details’ 10-year hunt for Osama
With a model of the Pakistani villa where he lived and a video of Barack Obama explaining his hesitancy about approving the raid, a new exhibition details the operation that…
The Bin Laden questions
Four years after Bin Laden’s death even his bookshelf has the power to fascinate. And as the interest in Seymour Hersh’s latest London Review of Books article has shown, so…
The post-Osama terror factory
I must confess I was among the feckless journalists that wouldn’t believe for days after the event a year ago that Osama bin Laden was killed or could be killed…
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…
Osama or no Osama
It’s been one year since Osama bin Laden was killed in a Hollywood style operation in the picturesque town of Abbottabad. But his shadow still hangs over Pakistan and Afghanistan…
After Bin Ladenr
The killing of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is indeed a triumph in the global war against terrorism, but for Pakistan its implications should be more a cause for concern…
The Osama myth
Since the emergence of Osama bin Laden as the terrorist leader-in-chief of the 9/11 attacks, a significant chunk of the US military effort in the subsequent war on terror has…
Indoctrination of extremism—II
Primary school math textbooks produced by UNO and funded by USAID incorporated militant ideology to promote violence against Soviet soldiers. A third-grade math textbook taught subtraction through this problem: “One…
Pak-US-China triangle
LAST week, the US announced a historic $500 million investment in Pakistan’s critical minerals sector. The development came in parallel with the emergency assistance Washington extended to Pakistan on account…
