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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...

DAWN BAGHDAD: Saudi Arabia and Qatar are supporting militant groups in Iraq and have effectively declared war on the country, Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki said as nationwide violence left 15 dead on Saturday. The rare direct attack on the Sunni Gulf powers, with Maliki also accusing Riyadh of...

Sure - and the Saudi funding is flowing because they want to set up salafi fiefdom in our backyard.

Too funny. The Saudi shura invited Maulana Sami ul Haq for discussion on promoting peace?? It's ironic that TTP's Saudi masters are pretending to mediate when they could really bring peace by shutting off TTP's funding tap! The Saudi cleric is simply on their payroll and will parrot whatever he...

The Saudi Shadow The Nation Recent diplomacy between Riyadh and Islamabad reminds me of delinquents daring a hornet’s nest. Iran spared no moment to threaten Pakistan with a military raid while Russia was curt to caution Pakistan about meddling in Syria. Deep in trouble itself and grappling to...

Apparently Sami ul Haq has just rushed off to Saudi Arabia after the TTP spokesperson rejected the demand for unconditional ceasfire. Perhaps he has gone to strategize with his and TTP's Saudi masters??

According to latest reports, while TTP has rejected announcing unconditional ceasefire, their chief sympathizer, Sami ul Haq has made a beeline for Saudi Arabia. Perhaps the Maulana has gone for a few meetings to strategize with his and TTP's Saudi masters??

All these guys at the end of the day report to Al Qaeda which is run by the Salafis in Saudi. Asmatullah, Fazlullah and all these other jokers are simply foot soldiers in the bigger scheme of things following directives from their Saudi masters. Is it a coincidence that Fazullah's home Kunar...