Malakand’s Recent Topical Conflict not only destabilized the Whole society but also put perilous effects on the daily usual life of the children in Malakand. In an estimated 3.5 Million IDPs from Swat, Dir, Bunir and Malakand, 1.5 Million were Children below 12 years of age. Reportedly violence against children of age ranging from 5 [...]
The magnificent performance of the rank and file of the Army fighting the counter-insurgency in Swat is no surprise. Whether in Kashmir in 1947-48, Dir in 1958 and 1976, the Rann of Kutch, occupied Kashmir (Operation Gibraltar) and later in the full-fledged war of 1965, during the 1971 war, in the Balochistan counter-insurgency in 1973-5, [...]
World’s largest internal dislocation is happening before eyes, while world’s largest display of state mismanagement and apathy is also scattered throughout the camps of the homeless people. The people who were, just weeks ago, had food, shelter, medicine, jobs and other colors of life though amidst fear, but now they are standing in the queues [...]
Today, after writing a bit of poetry about Iraq and Afghanistan wars, my sensitive heart wrenched and cried. I felt shocked and awed at the intense level of ignorance that was bred into the soldiers and their leaders. My thoughts almost suffocated me as I tried hard to block any mental pain. “What’s the way?” [...]
History will always remember Awami National Party and it’s extremely deep politics in the Malakand Agency of Pakistan, where they have very explicitly and dexterously exposed the hypocrisy of the Swati Talibans and now just due to their strategy, now Pakistan is going to establish its writ once again in the Swat, Buner, Dir and [...]
The impression that the Pakistan Army is incapable of fighting Taliban is extremely false and misleading and a far cry from the truth. Operations in the tribal agencies and also in some areas of Malakand Agency has shown that Pakistan military is fully equipped to blast the enemy of Taliban away. Tehrik Nifaz-e-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM) [...]
With every war is attached an imminent humanitarian crisis and the Malakand War is no exception. More than a million people have fled their homes and they are unable to get any refuge. The thought of leaving home without taking anything along except a few items of utmost importance is terrible to contemplate. There are [...]
I don’t really grasp as why there is so much confusion sorrounding the war against the Taliban in the FATA and Swat. There are some things which are crystal clear. This is now our war and we have to either fight or or surrender. Also Taliban don’t want peace and they want to have their [...]
Hundreds of thousands of people are migrating from the war-torn areas of Buner, Swat, Dir and Shangla and camps have been established for these people in the areas of Jalala area of Mardan, in Swabi and in the Nowshera. 40,000 people have migrated from the Lower Dir area and thousands of people are daily spilling [...]
