Indian Parliament Attack – A Case Study in Propaganda Warfare

The attack on the Indian Parliament on 13 Dec 2001 by five unidentified gunmen turned out to be a watershed in the tumultuous course of Indo Pak relations. Closely following the 9/11 trauma it provided India with a much sought opportunity to present itself as victim of terrorism, qualifying her to jump onboard US led [...]

Drone’s Phobia & Obama’s Strategy

President Barack Obama has finally announced his long-awaited new US strategy on Afghanistan after extensive consultations with his advisers: some wanted to increase 30,000 additional troops so that they could concentrate their effort in the south and southeast, in the provinces that border Pakistan, while others advocated at concentrating on the strongholds from where the [...]

The Myth of Drone Attacks

As the drone hit the area of Miranshah in North Waziristan on 8 December 2009, among the ashes and ruins of the houses, I saw an old man sobbing and remarking with anger and desperation, They are killing us mercilessly. We are also a part a Pakistan. They assassinated my innocent family. We were not [...]

Allegory about Afghan Shura and Al-Qaeda in Pakistan

Like the myth of Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda headquartered in FATA which I discussed in my previous write up, another absurd claim has been made that Mullah Omar along with his Shura is based in Quetta. This story woven by spin doctors has caught the imagination of policy makers in Washington and they are [...]

Osama bin Laden – a myth or reality

Among the 19 hijackers that struck targets in New York and Washington on 9/11, none was an Afghani or Pakistani. They were Arab Muslims, mostly from Saudi Arabia, based in Europe and trained in USA, in all probability by Jews. Yet all hell broke on Afghanistan and now Pakistan is being punished for its uncommitted [...]

Whereabouts of Osama Detected

So far Osama bin Laden has continously been used by the US and some western countries as a scapegoat to malign Pakistan which is their target for ‘de-nuclearisation’. Sometimes, bogey of Bin Laden is raised by their rulers to achieve their goals of external policy, and sometimes to pacify their public including the opposition. In [...]

US New Strategy – An Analysis

Finally, the much awaited Afghan Strategy was unfurled by President Obama in a speech delivered at the United States Military Academy on 1st December 2009. In the back drop of former President George Bush’s call to arms post 9/11, Obama’s wartime address sounded like an endgame rather than a striking escalation of the US presence [...]

Obama’s Conflict-ridden Afghan Plan

According to a recent US Government Accountability Office audit report, nearly 13,000 attacks were recorded in Afghanistan between January and the end of August 2009. There was an average of 100 attacks a day on international forces, Afghan security forces and ordinary civilians, which makes the figure 2.5 times higher this year than that of [...]

Karkare rewarded for honesty

After the Mumbai Blasts, the whole life in India began to revolve around this horrible incident. One can find the after shocks of this quake even after so many months. Certainly it was the worst episode in the Indian history of terrorism. The democratic people of India were of the opinion that the matter would [...]

Kerry Lugar – An Aid or Heinous Sanction

KERRY LUGAR AN AID OR HEINOUS SANCTIONS (AND THE BUDHA SMILED ONCE AGAIN ! ! . .) The Indian Budha has smiled once again and the Americans are pleased to see the Budha smiling. Kerry Lugar Bill recently implemented upon the Pakistani nation must be analyzed in a thematic manner more rationally than just to [...]

Triple III Agency Targeting Pakistan

On November 2, 2009 Suicidal bomber entered in National Bank building and blasted him. According to the media reports 35 individuals died and many injured. Reportedly, most of the individuals present in the banks to draw their monthly salaries .It may be mentioned here that during last few weeks suspected foreign sponsored militants have struck [...]

Waziristan Operation – Some Ground Realities

South Waziristan, given a combination of forbidding terrain and entrenched presence of the hardcore elements of TTP and al-Qaeda fighters, is a tough military nut to crack. The situation has been building up for a considerable time and as the Pakistan Army moves ahead to eliminate and flush out some of the most feared al-Qaeda [...]

Unstable Afghanistan – The India Factor

It was the fall of Taliban government in Afghanistan in 2001 that paved the way for foreign powers to intervene in Afghanistan to secure their strategic interests. The strategic location of Afghanistan provides a perfect conduit for extracting and channeling vast energy resources of Central Asia to their respective countries. However, the ingress made by [...]

GHQ Attack – India Strikes Again

At about 1130 hours on October 10, 2009, a white color Suzuki Car tried to target General Headquarters of Pakistan Army located on Mall Road Rawalpindi. According to the witness the shooting began when a carry vehicle was intercepted by army personnel for routine checking at army check post near GHQ. Four miscreants wearing camouflage [...]

Kabul Blast near Indian Embassy: Plot against Pakistan

On October 8, a large suicide bomb exploded near the Indian embassy of the Afghan capital Kabul, killing 17 people and wounding dozens. The blast exploded across the road, where the office of the Afghan Interior Ministry is also located. New Delhi said that its embassy had been the target of the attack, but its [...]

Implications of Drone Strikes

Drone strikes on Pakistan’s tribal areas which started during the Bush era have intensified under the Obama Administration. In this regard, two different missile attacks killed 13 militants on September 29 in North and South Waziristan. In the last three years, more than 700 innocent civilians and 14 Al-Qaeda commanders including the top militant leader, [...]

Foreign Hands in PAK Blasts Wave

Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Zaheerul Hassan In July 02, 2009 a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle banged into a bus carrying employee of a sensitive defense department in Rawalpindi. The blast led to the killing of at least six people and 20 injured. It was a latest suicidal attack and would be taken as the continuity of [...]

Where is my Buddy – Hemant Karkarey?

Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Ishaal Zehra It seems that investigation to the Mumbai tragedy is re-opened. And so are the queries in my mind. Some unanswered questions that still haunt the investigation authenticity are laying bared open with no one serious enough, or more preciously, daring enough to search for the answers. Death of Hemant Karkery who [...]

RAW’s Sponsored Taliban Suicidal Blasts

Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Zaheerul Hassan During last few days numbers of foreign sponsored terrorists have been apprehended by intelligence agencies and police in the campaign against militancy. On 26 June, 2009 two terrorists including a female have fled away once Faisalabad police raided on a house located in Madina Town. The culprits left behind huge quantity [...]

A dialogue – should we give up Jihad? by Nadia Khan

Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Nadia Khan “Should we give up Jihad?” that was the question I had asked to one of my British colleague who was arguing over the World crisis especially in Iraq , Afghanistan , and now in bordering Pakistan. Have you noticed, especially in Pakistan , “it is unsafe to travel – suicide attacks [...]

Could Taliban become real Islamic force for Islamization? by Nadia Khan

 Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Nadia Khan Beside the hardest hitting media campaign by secularists against Taliban -though the real target is religious forces- this question remains there, “Could Taliban be cleansed to become a true source for Islamization in Pakistan?” To find out the answer we need to review the status of present day Taliban and yester [...]

US & NATO Forces Silence over Terrorist’s Border Crossing

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Zaheerul Hassan Pakistan Security Forces are successfully fighting an enforced battle all along her western boundaries since 2001. In the on going operation, the Security forces killed more than 1300 militants till May 27, 2009 and taken over the control of eight Mingora city intersections after intense clashes with the Taliban. As [...]

India Bluffed LTTE – Sri Lanka Victory

A couple of years back I happened to come across four Sri Lankans Army officers who reveled that their country is passing through a Indian sponsored war with Tamils . They reveled that Velupilla Prabhakaran Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Chief is one of the world’s most ruthless rebels leader. They also narrated me that thousands of innocent Tamils and Sri Lankan forces have been killed during last few years

Shadows Over LTTE

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Zaresh Khan Ever since the establishment of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 1976, there has been no peace in Sri Lanka even though many efforts were made through negotiations but all in vain. The government of Sri Lanka has always proved less enthusiastic regarding waging a war against the Tamils partly [...]

Detriments to Swat Peace Pact

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Zaheerul Hassan Swat which remained on international focus due to turmoil brought out by the Taliban Insurgency since 2007, has now heading towards calm and peace slowly and gradually. General masses of Pakistan, particularly Swati population have welcomed the accord concluded between Sufi Muhmmad of the banned TNSM and the government. But [...]