Pakistan's loneliest church celebrates Christmas in Taliban country This Christmas, pastor Nazir Alam will stoke up a fire, lay a fresh cloth on the altar and welcome parishioners as they arrive at his church in Waziristan, a Pakistani tribal area known as an al-Qaeda haven. "The lights are all up, and the choir boys … Read more on Tuoitrenews Visa to Javed Miandad triggers controversy I faced absolutely no problem in getting the visa and am quite excited about travelling to Delhi for the game,” Mr. Miandad told journalists in Pakistan. But questions are being raised in official and political circles over the granting of visa to Mr … Read more on The Hindu MoC, NIC ink accord to provide insurance to foreign…. Read more
Less than two weeks after the Taliban shot Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, another teenager says her life has been threatened. And her family says the Pakistani government has not offered them any protection. Al Jazeera’s Dominic Kane…. Read more
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Second Edition Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowy world of the Taliban—the world’s most extreme and radical Islamic organization—into sharp focus in this enormously insightful book. Rashid offers the only authoritative account of the Taliban available to English-language readers, explaining the Taliban’s rise to power, its impact on Afghanistan and the Middle East and Central Asia, its role in oil and gas company decisions, and the effects of changing American attitudes toward the Taliban. He also describes the new face of Islamic fundamentalism and explains why Afghanistan has become the world center for international terrorism.New to this updated…. Read more
Taliban Love Slave To Sara and Jake, it sounded like a perfect spring break from their post-graduate university work: two weeks in the foothills of the Karakoram Mountains of Pakistan. Sara would study and photograph a rare mountain goat called the Markhor, the focus of her zoology dissertation. Fiance Jake, a graphic arts major, would photograph K2, the most dangerous mountain in the world. Their dream vacation begins to crumble, however, when Sara is nearly arrested as soon as they arrive at the Islamabad airport. Her crime? Wearing shorts and a halter top. Hours later, their dream turns into a full-fledged nightmare when their guide disappears and their camp is overrun by robed, hostile, and heavily-armed extremists. After…. Read more
Pakistani Taliban Kill 22 Shiites in Bus Attack Published: August 16, 2012. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani Taliban militants pulled 22 Shiites off buses and gunned them down in a remote northern mountain pass on Thursday, in the latest iteration of a pattern of attacks targeting religious minorities. Read more on New York Times Pakistan: Bomb hits bus carrying Shiites, 1 killed KARACHI, Pakistan — A bomb hit a bus carrying Shiite Muslims students in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi on Friday, killing one person in what appeared to be the latest attack in a rising wave of sectarian violence in the country, a government … Read more on Huffington Post Throwing open the borders Second, both Pakistan and India…. Read more
