Registan on Pakistan

Where the hell does Bruce Riedel get his information from?

by UmairJ

  Bruceee is at it again, but this time he is discussing the Bahrain-Pakistan link that was quite obvious from the get go. It is not this obvious point, about the recruitment of Pakistani soldiers by the Bahrain government that is revealing, but it is his information concerning Baluchistan and their hungry anti-shia identity, ready [...]

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The Importance of Politics

by Joshua Foust

In 2008, I came across the story of some potato farmers in Khost province. They had approached their local U.S. military commander to complain about an issue they were having. It was in January or February, and all the border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan were still closed off because of the murder of Benazir [...]

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Malakand, Pakistan

by UmairJ
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Travels Through Swat

by Joshua Foust
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Registan.net blogger UmairJ is traveling through Swat. His pictures from the trip promise to be stunning, as one would expect from Northwestern Pakistan. Swat, as we all know here, is normally considered a tourist haven (especially for skiing in the winter). Swat is also where Tantric Buddhism, which forms the foundation of Tibetan Buddhism, first [...]

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Picture of the day

by UmairJ

  A nice view of the Attock on the way to KPK province (formerly known as NWFP). One of the most historical areas as most invasions into India travelled through these roads to Delhi. The Attock Fort was built primarily overlooking the Indus and Kabul river as a first line of defence against oncoming armies [...]

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Something to watch out for

by UmairJ

  After returning from Swat, I plan on focusing more on a topic that I have discussed in length on registan.net previously. The Baloch insurgency is a topic that analysts and military thinkers will focus more on in the coming years because of the continously deteriorating situation in Pakistan.   Here are two op-ed’s in [...]

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The Border War Escalates

by Joshua Foust

Well, this isn’t good: Islamabad (dap) – At least three Pakistani soldiers were killed and four injured Tuesday when a mortar fired from Afghanistan hit their outpost in the north-western tribal area, security officials said. The incident occurred in the Angoor Adda area of South Waziristan, one of seven districts where thousands of troops have [...]

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The Persistence of Myth

by Joshua Foust

“In this award winning adventure,” the promotional text goes, “Michael Wood embarks on a 2000 mile journey in the foot steps of Alexander’s triumphal march from Greece to India.” The clip above is his visit to the Kalash people in Chitral, Pakistan. As long time readers know, I’ve harbored a fascination with these people for [...]

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More Border Fighting Between Afghan, Pakistani Militaries

by Joshua Foust

Pajhwok reports: Afghan border police attacked checkpoints in Pakistan Wednesday night in response to recent artillery attacks from the other side of the border, an official said. According to Eastern Zone Border Police Commander Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel, Pakistani troops have fired 15 artillery shells across the Afghan border in recent days in an effort [...]

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The Border War Intensifies

by Joshua Foust

Afghanistan and Pakistan have made a habit of engaging in combat with each other over the last few years. I wrote about it earlier this year for AfPak Channel, and later noted an even bigger engagement than had previously been reported. But things have found a way to get even worse. Militants in Afghanistan launched [...]

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