My latest column for The Guardian, on support for the Taliban in some of Pakistan’s tribal areas, was published today:
Why they love the Taliban
Rampant corruption, and the Pakistani government’s failure to provide, is driving people into the arms of the militants
* Mustafa Qadri
* guardian.co.uk, Friday 24 April 2009 20.30 BST
It may be difficult to understand, but in many of the tribal areas where Pakistan’s ethnic Pakhtun population live, the Taliban are very popular.