Mustafa Qadri Last Updated: Nov 23, 2010 Over the weekend the leaders of Nato unanimously agreed to start withdrawing from Afghanistan by 2014. Timed so as not to clash with the expected re-election bid of the US president Barack Obama in 2012, the announcement comes at a moment when the US-led war against al Qa’eda [...]
Nato’s tactics and timetable strengthen Afghan radicals
November 23rd, 2010 · No Comments
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Why they love the Taliban
April 24th, 2009 · No Comments
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.
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