(Muhammad Faisal Younus) مجھے دشمن کے بچوں کو پڑھانا ہے – محمّد فیصل یونس: مجھے دشمن کے بچوں کو پڑھانا ہے صرف بے گناہ اور معصوموں کا خون بہانا ہے مجھے دشمنوں سے یاری کو بڑھانا ہے اور اپنے ہی ملک کو نوچ نوچ کر کھانا ہے یہ دہشت گرد تو ہیں میرے

Hajjaji salutes General Petraeus disingenuous support for Al Qaeda “moderates” in Syria – Riaz Malik Hajjaji: General Petraeus’s sly backing of Al Qaeda “moderates” reminds Hajjaji of the Good Taliban vs Bad Taliban/Pakistan Taliban vs Afghan Taliban “distinction” that was made by the civil and military establishment in Pakistan. This “distinction” was formalised in the

Abraham Lincoln and Raheel Sharif – Nadeem Zaidi: Had a man like Lincoln been Raheel Sharif’s Commander-in-Chief the disaster being presided over in the name of Afghan Govt-Taliban talks would never have been allowed to happen. This is a re-run of the 1990s Peshawar Process which briefly

لشکر جھنگوی کے دہشت گردوں کے خلاف صرف بلوچستان میں کاروائی کا کوئی فائدہ نہیں – میر حاصل بزنجو: بلوچستان میں شدت پسندوں کے خلاف کارروائی کے بارے میں نیشنل پارٹی کے سربراہ میر حاصل بزنجو کہتے ہیں کہ جب تک ملک کے تمام صوبوں میں کالعدم تنظیموں کے خلاف کارروائی نہیں کی جائے گی بلوچستان میں کارروائی

اصلی اور جعلی طالبان: پشاور میں دھشت گردی۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔جعلی طالبان و اصلی طالبان لیل و نہار /عامر حسینی پشاور کے بازار قصّہ خوانی بازار میں بارود سے بھری گاڑی کے پھٹنے سے 40 سے زائد لوگ شہید اور 150 سے زائد زخمی ہوگئے-اس دھماکے

The future of Taliban – by Abbas Zaidi: The future of the Taliban is bright in Pakistan. They will not take over Islamabad from where they can deal with the world. No. This will not suit them The very abbreviation TTP (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan) and the concept behind

Hakimullah Mehsud slaps Rehman Malik: New video of Taliban (Pakistan branch) chief Hakimullah Mehsud shows his deputy Wali-ur Rehman discussing killing of ANP leader Bashir Ahmad Bilour. In a related recent picture, Hakeemullah Mehsud’s deputy Waliur-Rehman and spokesman Ihsanullah Ihasan are shaking hands with

How can one’s Taliban be good if they are killing the other’s innocent? – by Imtiaz Gul: Related posts: LUBP archive on Good Taliban Source: Adapted and edited from Express Tribune On June 19, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain, who lost his son to a terrorist attack two years ago, said the following while

Hollow Antiterrorism Efforts – by Farman Nawaz: The article was published in the Daily Outlook Afghanistan before Abbottabad operation and killing of Osama but the reason to share it with the readers is to show how shallow the anti-terrorism efforts are if at the end we

Thank you, General Kayani. Your good Taliban kill 18 Shia, abduct 45 in Hangu: Related articles: LUBP Archive on Shia genocide At least eighteen persons were killed and several others wounded in armed persons’ firing on passenger vehicles besides 45 persons were also abducted along with the vehicle. Unknown armed persons opened fires

A question for Pakistanis in favour of “reconciliation” with the Afghan Taliban: In recent months, as Western despair over the Afghanistan war has increased, there has been a chorus of voices suggesting reconciliation of the Taliban leadership is the only path to end the Afghan war. It is quite natural that

Strategic grandeur – by Raza Rumi: As if Pakistan’s domestic woes were not troubling, the unravelling of the US strategy and its implications are eluding even the best of strategists. Mind you, Pakistan is a place every third person is a ‘strategy’ expert and the term

‘Good Taliban, bad Taliban’: the ISI’s perspective: By Hakim Hazik There are two kinds of Taliban. The good ones live in Quetta. They are cuddly and roly-poly. They have generous and reassuring paunches, symbolic of the glory of Islam. They sit on hand woven carpets with

Triple Blasts in Youm-e-Ali (a.s.) Procession: Karbala attacked in Lahore – by Ch. Ahmad Khan: As the death toll from today’s gruesome attacks on a Shiite procession commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Ali, probably the most venerated muslim saint after the Holy Prophet rises, few if any are addressing the core issues that have

Talibanisation of the heart — by Dr. Abbas Zaidi: Dr. Abbas Zaidi has shared this intellectual piece with us for LUBP. A slightly edited  version is published in Dailytimes today, we have posted it earlier from the newspaper, Now we are replacing it with the complete, unedited and

Good and Bad Taliban: Attack on Women Doctors: Violence against the women in the whole region is not strange thing. But when it comes to Taliban and their brutalities against the women, denial prevails, arguments are given that Taliban do not attack women etc etc. When BiBi

In search of good Taliban – by Akhtar Abbas: I admit I am a bit naïve, when it comes to current affairs. I mean I do get the big picture here and there, but some things just keep confusing me again and again. Wait, I guess I have

Taliban terrorist (official of Jamaat-e-Islami) ‘successfully’ acquitted by a military court in Pakistan: Nadeem Ahmed Shah reaches home as military court acquits him from all accusations RAWALPINDI, (SANA): A military court acquitted Nadeem Ahmad Shah advocate from all the accusations after which he reached home here on Saturday. President of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI)

No ‘good’ Taliban – by Zafar Hilaly: The regularity with which the military claims to be killing as many as 30-40 militants in a day may be gratifying, but the frequency with which the Taliban are bombing schools and police stations and killing friendly tribals, police,

Congratulations, General Kayani, on defeating ‘bad’ Taliban and ‘bad’ politicians at the same time – by Cyril Almeida: Coming full circle Friday, 12 Feb, 2010 OUR boys in uniform have a spring in their step again. Domestically, they have taken on two enemies and appear to be winning: the civilian government has been reduced to parroting the

“Musharraf personally believed that there were many good Taliban who should be co-opted in the post-Taliban power dispensation in Afghanistan”…: Pakistan torn over how to handle Taliban * Analyst says Islamabad’s Taliban policy has suffered from indecisiveness, inconsistency and ambiguity ISLAMABAD: After years of allowing Taliban to operate in the Tribal Areas, Pakistan is now torn over how to