Poverty and militancy
This week five years ago Ajmal Kasab was sitting nervously in a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) safe house in Karachi. His Mumbai mission had been postponed after waves overwhelmed the dinghies that…
Militancy’s steady progress
In a country plagued by terrorist attacks that have claimed the lives of leaders, ordinary people and the more vulnerable citizens, each tragedy is painful and emotionally draining. But every…
Tips to contain militancy
RISING militancy accompanies the spreading turmoil in the Islamic world. The coup in Cairo to oust the Muslim Brotherhood`s president Mohamed Morsi is symptomatic of the tumult and conflict that…
Militancy and drones
THE debate in Pakistan on drone strikes has mostly revolved around two areas. First, that it violates Pakistan`s sovereignty; second, that it creates more jihadis. Both these arguments can easily…
The battle against militancy In the national interest
We are still waiting for our government, its intelligence agencies and the various outfits that operate in one guise or another, to find for us the people behind the attack…
Militancy in check?
The recent violence in southern Kyrgyzstan, which left 2,000 people dead and led to the displacement of over 100,000 others, entailed clashes between the region’s two main ethnic groups, the…
Drivers of religious militancy
In a report titled ‘The Sociology and Psychology of Terrorism,’ published in 1999 by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress, social scientists had warned that “Al Qaeda’s…
Understanding militancy
Does poverty have anything to do with militancy in Palcistan`s Pakhtun belt? This question attracted much focus a few years ago when the insurgency inflicted the Malakand division in Khyber…
Militancy in prison
In July, the ISI released a dossier describing the connection between madressahs and militant networks. To illustrate the issue, the dossier presented the case of Fidaullah Yousufzai, a 24-year-old who…
Militancy
Military operations are not the solution. This is a multi-pronged issue, which needs a wholesome response. The issue is religious as well as political, strategic, economic and social. Therefore we…
