Who Are the Afghan Insurgents?

By Anand Gopal Dec 5, 2008 Who exactly are the Afghan insurgents? Every suicide attack and kidnapping is usually attributed to "the Taliban." In reality, however, the insurgency is far from monolithic. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Closing In on Bhutto’s Killer

Staff / Truthdig Jan 18, 2008 Although members of her Pakistan People's Party remain skeptical, and although the late Benazir Bhutto herself might have disagreed, American and Pakistani intelligence officials believe that Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mahsud and his associates were behind the assassination of Bhutto in Rawalpindi last month. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )