Tigers, tumbles and Taliban: Making sense of Pakistan’s election
Pakistan beat the odds last week and held relatively peaceful elections. But was the Taliban the real winner?
Tagged: Taliban
17 Jan
A long commute through Pakistan’s Tribal Areas
My friend and I squeeze in the front seat of the pickup. We’re lucky–others are stuck in the back without seats in the freezing winter, getting tossed in the air when the driver crests the hills. It was another one of those days when I would travel between my home in Dera Ismail Khan and [...]
15 Oct
Will attack on child activist end Pakistani apathy about civil rights?
The name Malala Yousufzai was new to me until recently. But the power of her words wasn’t. Back in 2009, when her hometown in Swat Valley was virtually under Taliban control, Malala, using the pen name Gul Makai, wrote a diary that was published and broadcast on BBC’s Urdu language radio service. In it she [...]
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