Global IssuesNews headlines for “War on Terror”, page 17
Al-Zawahiri Named New Al-Qaeda Chief
- Inter Press Service
Al-Qaeda has named Ayman al-Zawahiri as its new chief following the killing of Osama bin Laden, the group has said in a statement issued in the name of the group's general command.
PAKISTAN: Taliban Use Human Shields Against Army Offensive
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of civilians are virtually being held hostage in the tribal areas of northwest Pakistan, where the outlawed Taliban have been refusing them passage to safer areas ahead of a government plan to intensify army offensives.
PAKISTAN: Women Shield Children From Extremism
- Inter Press Service
When Farah’s 16-year-old son began to disappear for several nights a week without saying where he went, she was naturally worried. After he returned one day and shattered the television screen in their Peshawar home, the mother of three decided it was time to quit her job as a teacher and to find out what was making her youngest child so angry.
Ninety Percent of Petraeus's Captured 'Taliban' Were Civilians
- Inter Press Service
During his intensive initial round of media interviews as commander in Afghanistan in August 2010, Gen. David Petraeus released figures to the news media that claimed spectacular success for raids by Special Operations Forces: in a 90-day period from May through July, SOF units had captured 1,355 rank and file Taliban, killed another 1,031, and killed or captured 365 middle or high-ranking Taliban.
PAKISTAN: Blood Donors Save Lives in Peshawar
- Inter Press Service
If there’s one thing positive that has come out of the violence in this part of Pakistan, it is that people have developed a culture of donating blood that helps save lives, say doctors in the northeastern city of Peshawar.
AFGHANISTAN: Debate Rages over U.S. Withdrawal
- Inter Press Service
With only three weeks left before U.S. military forces are scheduled to begin withdrawing from Afghanistan, the debate over the size and pace of that withdrawal has become increasingly intense.
Slain Writer's Book Says US-NATO War Served Al-Qaeda Strategy
- Inter Press Service
Al-Qaeda strategists have been assisting the Taliban fight against U.S.-NATO forces in Afghanistan because they believe that foreign occupation has been the biggest factor in generating Muslim support for uprisings against their governments, according to the just-published book by Syed Saleem Shahzad, the Pakistani journalist whose body was found in a canal outside Islamabad last week with evidence of having been tortured.
PAKISTAN: Tribes Plead for End to Army Offensives
- Inter Press Service
Fear and anxiety have spread among residents of North Waziristan in northwest Pakistan after U.S. Admiral Mike Mullen, outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, announced that the Pakistani government would launch a major offensive in the area.
MIDEAST: Killer Butterfly Takes Wing
- Inter Press Service
'Look, a swallowtail!' A 70-year old moustachioed man hops jubilantly between rocks and prickly flowers, chasing a butterfly. 'And look here!' What looks like a dragonfly hovers around in a mechanical whirr of transparent wings.
US-PAKISTAN: Mend Aid Programme, Don't End It, Says Study
- Inter Press Service
Amid a spate of calls by U.S. lawmakers to slash aid to Pakistan in the aftermath of Osama bin Laden's death, an influential think tank is calling for greater patience, precision, transparency and humility in implementing Washington's 1.5-billion-dollar-a-year development aid programme.
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