Pakistan Hands Over Captured Pilot to India

The Associated Press Mar 1, 2019 Islamabad says this gesture could defuse tensions and avoid war between the two nuclear-armed countries. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Using the Media to Empower Pakistani Women

Nisma Chauhan / Truthdig May 23, 2018 Tasneem Ahmar works to reclaim women's national narrative in Pakistan by talking to print and TV decision-makers—and using radio shows to inform the public at large. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama Should Demand FBI Director James Comey’s Resignation Today

John Kiriakou / Truthdig Jun 14, 2016 The FBI’s ongoing, long-term incompetence has led to the deaths of far too many Americans. San Bernardino and Orlando are only the beginning. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Taliban Leader Who Orchestrated Pakistani School Attack Makes Fresh Threats

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jan 7, 2015 The top-ranking leader of the Taliban faction that claimed responsibility for last month's mass slaughter of 153 people, many of them children, at the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, has taken to the Internet to warn that his group is prepared to strike again. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Problems Pakistani Politics Has to Resolve After Grisly Peshawar School Attack

Juan Cole / Truthdig Dec 17, 2014 Pakistan politics has been mired in stagnation for some time now. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Terrorists Justify Killing 132 Children

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Dec 17, 2014 The Pakistan Taliban took credit for a hideous attack Tuesday on a school in Peshawar that killed at least 141 people, mostly children. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Desperate Pakistani Taliban Attack Army School in Peshawar and Take Large Casualties

Juan Cole / Truthdig Dec 16, 2014 On Tuesday, six members of the Movement of Pakistani Taliban (Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan or TTP) invaded a school for children run by the Pakistani army in Peshawar. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Suicide Blasts, Armed Attacks Kill at Least 45 in Pakistan

Staff / Truthdig Apr 5, 2010 A double bombing and shooting attack on the American Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, killed three security guards and several militants just hours after another suicide bomber killed at least 40 people at a rally in the nearby Lower Dir district on Monday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Market Bombings Kill at Least 36 in Pakistan

Staff / Truthdig Dec 8, 2009 Two bomb blasts ripped through a busy market in Lahore, Pakistan, on Monday evening, killing at least 36 people and injuring about 100. The bombs were reportedly set off via remote control, and the explosions came on the heels of a suicide bombing in Peshawar that killed at least 10 earlier in the day. 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 )

Key Pakistani Taliban Official Captured

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2009 Tribesmen in western Pakistan captured Pakistani Taliban spokesman Maulvi Said Muhammad, aka Maulvi Omar, and turned him over to authorities Tuesday, according to The New York Times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Former Congressman Charged With Funding Terrorist

Staff / Truthdig Jan 17, 2008 Mark Deli Siljander, a former Republican congressman, has been indicted for allegedly helping an Islamic charity fund Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a vicious Afghan militant leader with ties to al-Qaida. According to the book "Charlie Wilson's War," Hekmatyar was the largest recipient of U.S. weapons during the Afghan war with the Soviets. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )