Quetta attack: time for reflection
There is a deadly suicide attack in Quetta. A long list of condemnations begin to pour in. The prime minister and other ‘VIPs’ visit Quetta and meet the injured victims,…
Flag-waving patriotism rare in Belgium despite attacks
Tough talk and flag-waving patriotism have been rare in Belgium in the wake of this week's terror attacks, the worst to strike the divided nation at the symbolic heart of…
Paris attacks: Are aerial attacks the answer?
Two days following the horrible massacres that left 129 people dead in the centre of Paris during the night of Friday, Nov 13, the French forces carried out bombing raids…
The APS attackers
It required painstaking efforts to get hold of the six men who facilitated the terrorist attack on the Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar on December 16, 2014. Eight months…
Forced to strike IS, Turkey gambles on attacking PKK
Forced after months of hesitation to take decisive action against Islamic State jihadists, Turkey has seized the chance to also attack Kurdish militants in strikes that put a fragile peace…
Terrorist attack keeps Kabul restaurant patrons at bay
"These two people are our only guests since last Friday," says restaurant owner Mohammad Iqbal Aziz, pointing to a couple in the middle of Le Bistro, in a fortified area…
Deflecting from the church attack
The Peshawar church bombing has once again exposed the disturbing attribute of deflection within the Pakistani discourse. If we are uncomfortable discussing it, we may want to consider the discomfort…
Profiling the suicide bomber
THE continuing search for motives behind suicide terrorism has revolved around synchronised efforts to find definitions which contextualise suicide terrorism. Commonly cited traditional studies of terrorism tend to treat suicide…
And now, women suicide bombers
A new wave of attacks by militants in the Mohmand and Bajaur tribal regions, including one apparently carried out by Pakistan’s first female suicide bomber, showed that the threat posed…
Making of suicide bombers
There is general consensus about how suicide bombers are brainwashed in religious seminaries. They attack groups belonging to the opposite religious sects and supporters of American interests. But what about…
