Pakistan Is Cleaning Up Trump’s Mideast Mess

Zubeida Mustafa / Truthdig Jan 24, 2020 From Iran to Afghanistan, Pakistan’s role in dialing back U.S.-created tensions has been vital—but it won’t be for free. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Political Kidnappings Have Become a Billion-Dollar Industry (Video)

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Oct 16, 2017 American journalist and former Taliban hostage Jere Van Dyk discusses the secret world of political kidnappings in the Middle East. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Seymour Hersh Stands by His bin Laden Story, and His Sources

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig May 19, 2015 Of course the investigative reporter used anonymous sources in his exposé on the bin Laden raid. Only with anonymous sources can journalists get past the wall that the Obama administration has built by prosecuting whistleblowers. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Taking Uncle Sam for a Ride

By Dilip Hiro, TomDispatch Apr 18, 2012 Why has the Obama administration committed itself to releasing more than $1 billion to a government that has challenged its attempt to bring to justice an alleged mastermind of cross-border terrorism? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Adm. Mullen Says Pakistan Intelligence Supports Bombers

Staff / Truthdig Sep 23, 2011 Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen was unusually harsh in his criticism of Pakistan on Thursday, saying an insurgent network behind several Afghanistan bombings, including the recent attack on the U.S. Embassy, "acts as a veritable arm of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency." (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pakistan Busts Alleged Aides in Bin Laden Blitz

Staff / Truthdig Jun 16, 2011 This bit of news probably will not help the already dicey relationship between Pakistan and the U.S.: Pakistani officials have arrested five people believed to have assisted the CIA in the operation that felled Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad last month. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bin Laden Holed Up in Pakistan Since 2003?

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2011 Pakistani security officials said Saturday that Osama bin Laden may have resided in the country's northern urban areas for almost eight years before U.S. forces killed him. That information creates new pressure for President Asif Ali Zardari to explain what Pakistan's leaders knew and when they knew it. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pakistan Grasps for Credit in the Finding of bin Laden

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2011 Although a team of highly trained U.S. SEALs backed by months of careful CIA and military preparation executed Sunday's raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, the Pakistani military would like you to know that it was its unparalleled intelligence work that ultimately led to the takedown of the world's most wanted terrorist. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Biggest Secret From the ‘Secret Archive’

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jul 27, 2010 The release of 92,000 pages of secret military documents by the website WikiLeaks points to the futility of the war in Afghanistan and the double-dealing of our so-called ally Pakistan. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

CIA, Pakistan Spying in Tandem

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2010 In case you didn't know, there's a "secret war," as The New York Times puts it, going on in Pakistan, and the drone attacks that occasionally make headlines represent just one tactic that the U.S. is employing to target militants. Another involves CIA operatives joining forces with their Pakistani counterparts at the Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence, the ISI. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bomb Kills 9, Wounds 50 at Pakistan Spy Agency

Staff / Truthdig Nov 13, 2009 The latest in a string of attacks in Pakistan this week happened Friday when a bomb exploded outside the Inter-Services Intelligence agency's northwest headquarters in Peshawar, killing at least nine people and wounding 50. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rice: ‘Pakistan Has a Responsibility to Act’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 9, 2008 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid a visit to CNN's "Late Edition" on Sunday to talk with Wolf Blitzer about the tense situation between Pakistan and India. "We are awaiting action," Rice told Blitzer, hours before Monday's news that action on Pakistan's part apparently had started. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )