My column for newmatilda.com this week is on the inherent failings of the Pakistan Army that make fighting the Taliban more difficult:
Is Pakistan’s Army a paper tiger?
They’ve huffed and they’ve puffed but they can’t blow the Taliban down. Why not, asks Mustafa Qadri
The Army is the most powerful force in Pakistan. So why how has a rural insurgency armed with basic weapons managed to overrun so much of the country? That is the question that Pakistanis, as well as many in the international community, are now asking.