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Josh Rogin The extremist group that is threatening the existence of the Iraqi state was built and grown for years with the help of elite donors from American supposed allies in the Persian Gulf region. There, the threat of Iran, Assad, and the Sunni-Shiite sectarian war trumps the U.S. goal of...

Excellent point. Its time the US and Pakistan re-adjust their worldview of the saudi-led salafi jihadi movement . The goal of this "Saudi-led adventure' is not just to mitigate shia influence, but to also capture resource-rich regions as part of its expansionist agenda of setting up a salafi...

You've summed it up nicely. However, the violent conflict between shia and sunni is actually a war being driven by the salafi militants, who have also targeted Sunnis in Iraq, Pakistan, Syria and elsewhere. As you rightly point out, the goal of the Salafi-Wahhabi movement is to establish a...

ISIL(Islamic State of Iraq and Levant) making inroads in Iraq and Syria today while the TTP/Al Qaeda/LeJ combine fights for a "Islamic State of Waziristan and Kunar" tomorrow?? All are foot soldiers of the global salafi jihadist movement bankrolled by their masters in Saudi- a movement that is...

Cutting off Saudi funding to the TTP/AQ/LeJ combine is essential. Simply killing TTP/AQ/LeJ militants alone won't address the root of the problem. The funding is what gives the militant network its strength. TTP thugs will keep recruiting and procuring arms so long as the funding is intact. A...

Cutting off Saudi funding to the TTP/AQ/LeJ combine is essential. Simply killing TTP/AQ/LeJ militants alone won't address the root of the problem. The funding is what gives the militant network its strength. TTP thugs will keep recruiting and procuring arms so long as the funding is intact. A...

Express Tribune I think the time to talk about the justification of this war is over, especially after the attack on Karachi airport. When is war justified — if not now? Cross-border raids from Afghanistan and suicide attacks on military officers and targets in the heartland of the country...

Express Tribune Time to Fight I think the time to talk about the justification of this war is over, especially after the attack on Karachi airport. When is war justified — if not now? Cross-border raids from Afghanistan and suicide attacks on military officers and targets in the heartland of...

Khaled Ahmad The Afghan province is emerging as the future capital of the Taliban’s envisioned ‘emirate’. On February 23, the Afghan Taliban attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) military outpost in the northeastern province of Kunar, killed 21 soldiers in their sleep and captured a half...

Fair point. However, cutting off Saudi funding to the TTP/AQ/LeJ combine is essential. Simply killing TTP/AQ/LeJ militants alone won't address the root of the problem. The funding is what gives the militant network its strength. TTP thugs will keep recruiting and procuring arms so long as the...

Formation of a Terror Alliance The Lashkar e Jhangvi by 2004 had became a powerful terrorist organization with increasing support from Al Qaeda. The new, never-before-known expertise of LeJ cadres proficient in bomb-making and suicide bombings came from the same source. With time, the LeJ had...

There are now news reports of Saudi funded training camps in Waziristan recruiting and preparing militants for Syria.

Who do you think? The Saudis of course - duh!!

Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed by the Interior Ministry on Wednesday that the monster of sectarianism had devoured at least 2,090 lives over past five years, with militancy hit Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on top with 867 killings. The figures were revealed in...

Reuters Formation of a Terror Alliance The LeJ by 2004 had became a powerful terrorist organization with increasing support from Al Qaeda. The new, never-before-known expertise of LeJ cadres proficient in bomb-making and suicide bombings came from the same source. With time, the LeJ had...

The siege within Zahid Hussain ON his return to London after signing the Munich agreement in September 1938, British prime minister Neville Chamberlain said to a cheering crowed: “I believe it is peace for our time.” The ‘peace’ that Chamberlain claimed to have won entailed serving...

Most people don't understand that the Shia-Sunni conflict, in reality, is a Shia- Salafi(Wahhabi) conflict. TTP and it's sympathisers are essentially foot soldiers funded by their Saudi masters in an effort to turn the state into a salafi fiefdom.

DAWN THE Islamic world’s power dynamics are undergoing possibly the most seismic shift in a generation. The House of Saud’s dominance over global Muslim politics, an enduring, if calamitous, reality, appears to be abating. A divergence of interests between the Kingdom and other regional...

What you suggest sounds good on paper. However in the real world, Saudi funding for salafi jihadis around the globe carries real impact. At times, the Saudis overtly interfere in places like Syria, and in other instances they activate supposedly non state channels to fund proxies like Al...

Zahid Hussain OUR interior minister epitomises all that is going wrong with the country’s internal security. His histrionics defy rational thinking. Trust him to come up with the most outrageous defence of the Taliban even when they stand completely exposed. However, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan’s...