Pakistan
Pakistan government prepares for long-term war
By Peter Symonds, May 14, 2009
Refugees continue to flood out of embattled areas of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) as the military extends its offensive in the Swat, Buner and Lower Dir districts against Taliban m...
Pakistan war fuels international tensions
By Peter Symonds, May 11, 2009
Comments by China’s ambassador in Islamabad last Thursday highlight the reckless path on which the Obama administration has embarked in Pakistan.
Massacre of civilians overshadows “AfPak” summit
By Bill Van Auken, May 8, 2009
The Pentagon is attempting to cover up its responsibility for the massacre of at least 120 civilians in western Afghanistan—the worst atrocity since the war began—as the Obama administration prepa...
Pakistani military intensifies its offensive
By Keith Jones, May 8, 2009
Amid a mounting, war-induced humanitarian crisis, Pakistan’s armed forces have intensified their offensive against Pakistani Taliban insurgents in Swat and two adjacent districts in Pakistan’s Nor...
Oppose the Afghanistan-Pakistan war
By Peter Symonds, May 7, 2009
The US summit with Afghanistan and Pakistan currently underway in Washington marks the onset of a major escalation of military violence in both countries.
What is the United States preparing in Pakistan?
By Keith Jones, May 5, 2009
The US political and military establishment and the American media have been mounting an increasingly shrill campaign to bully Islamabad into fully complying with US diktats in what Washington has red...
Pakistan: Tens of thousands displaced by US-ordered offensive
By Keith Jones, April 30, 2009
Tens of thousands of Pashtun-speaking villagers have been forced to flee from their homes in recent days as the result of the punishing offensive the Pakistani military has mounted, at Washington’s ...
US escalates threats against Pakistan
By Keith Jones, April 25, 2009
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned Pakistani authorities that US-Pakistan relations will be imperiled unless they heed Washington’s admonitions and bloodily suppresses a growing Islamacist...
US expands war into Pakistan
Missile strikes to be intensified
By Keith Jones, April 8, 2009
The head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff and the US Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan visited Islamabad this week to press Pakistani authorities to intensify their efforts to staunch the anti-...
Pakistan’s government backs down under pressure from Washington and military
By Keith Jones, March 17, 2009
Under intense pressure from Washington and the military, Pakistan’s government conceded one of its key demands, lifting a draconian ban on all political meetings and protests.
US missiles kill 24 in Pakistan
By Bill Van Auken, March 14, 2009
US missiles killed at least 24 people in Pakistan’s northwest tribal area of Kurram Thursday evening. The American military attack came in the midst of an intense political crisis that is calling in...
Pakistan’s government suppresses opposition protests
By Keith Jones, March 13, 2009
Pakistan’s government is using antidemocratic measures akin to those employed by the former US-backed dictator General Pervez Musharraf to suppress an agitation mounted by the principal opposition p...
