Mustafa Qadri

Pervez Musharraf’s talk of ‘tacit approval’ reminds us of the trail linking distant torture chambers to the heart of our governments Mustafa Qadri, guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 15 March 2011 12.52 GMT The admission by Pervez Musharraf, the former Pakistan president, of British complicity in torture on BBC2′s The Secret War on Terror should not surprise anyone. What [...]

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The latest pieces in America’s Afghanistan jigsaw puzzle have started falling into place. Indeed, parts of the picture had already begun to emerge earlier this year, with US President Barack Obama making good on his election campaign promise to increase the US troop presence from 30,000 to 50,000. He then replaced the traditionalist Gen. David McKiernan with the counter-insurgency expert Gen. Stanley McChrystal as effective military commander of all Afghan national and foreign forces in Afghanistan.

In addition, there have been the controversial missile strikes against suspected Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders. Although the strikes have been mainly focused on Pakistan, they have targeted insurgents operating in Afghanistan – a clear signal the United States is happy to escalate the war in the territory of key ally Pakistan.

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With the death of another Australian soldier in Afghanistan this week, what are the prospects for peace in the region? Mustafa Qadri reviews political and strategic developments

As the Australian Defence Force mourns its 11th soldier to die in Afghanistan, Private Benjamin Ranaudo, and more than 400 additional troops prepare to travel to the region, many Australians are asking what the future of the conflict holds.

After much anticipation, the United States has finally started to reveal its political and military strategy in the country.

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Mohammad Saad breaks into sobs and gut-wrenching moans when he details six years’ humiliation, interrogation and ill-treatment under US orders in Egypt, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay.

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The following interview of Philippe Sands QC regarding his book ‘Torture Team’ appeared in Dawn newspaper (Pakistan) on 12 October 2008.

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The following review of ‘Torture Team’ by Philippe Sands QC appeared in Dawn Newspaper (Pakistan) on 12 October 2008.

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The following review of ‘Torture Team’ was published in The Australian newspaper on 23 August 2008:

Torture Team: Deception, Cruelty and the Compromise of Law
By Philippe Sands
Allen Lane, 272pp, $49.94

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A military jury’s verdict on Wednesday in the first U.S. war crimes trial since World War II — that Yemeni Guantanamo prisoner Salim Hamdan is guilty of material support for terrorism, but not guilty of terrorism itself — was the culmination of two weeks of proceedings that provided some extraordinary insights into the United States’ [...]

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On 3 February 2007, the United States brought new draft charges against David Hicks for his alleged involvement in terrorist activities. The charges are still draft because they have still to be ‘approved’ by the authority overseeing the Military Commission established to prosecute him.

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