Israeli Prime Minister approved Hamas hit
LONDON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met members of a hit squad at Mossad headquarters shortly before they went to Dubai to kill a Hamas commander, Britain's Sunday Times newspaper reported.
Netanyahu was welcomed to Mossad by its...
CIA wants Baradar sent to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: The CIA wants Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar transferred to an American prison near Kabul for interrogation, US officials said.
The Taliban military chief, who was captured in Karachi earlier this month, is in Pakistan’s custody and is...
Pakistan is winning its risky games
Mullah Baradar's capture fits into Pakistan's complex strategy – but it must be careful not to push its luck
By Eric Randolph
There has been plenty of tub-thumping over this week's capture of Taliban commander Mullah Baradar, but all it really...
In Pakistan Raid, Taliban Chief Was an Extra Prize
WASHINGTON — When Pakistani security officers raided a house outside Karachi in late January, they had no idea that they had just made their most important capture in years.
American intelligence agencies had intercepted...
UK explanation is riddled with inconsistencies
By Robert Fisk
Collusion. That’s what it’s all about. The United Arab Emirates suspects – only suspects, mark you – that Europe’s “security collaboration” with Israel has crossed a line into...
Mossad chief keeps to the shadows after Dubai killing
By Charly Wegman
JERUSALEM: As Israel finds itself under close scrutiny over the killing in Dubai of a top Hamas leader widely blamed on the Mossad, its top spy is doing what he does best, keeping to the shadows.
Mossad chief Meir...
Pakistan's indigenous African community, known as the Sheedi, can be found in Karachi's Lyari neighbourhood. The Sheedi are believed to be descendants of sailors who came to the city 200 years ago.
Footballers from Lyari are renowned across Pakistan for their skills. Many have played...
Baradar more dangerous than Omar
By Zahid Hussain
ISLAMABAD: Known as a brilliant and charismatic military commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was the second-most powerful figure in Afghanistan’s Taliban movement.
He was described by many terrorism experts as more cunning and...