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Archives: Pakistan
![Trump’s Afghanistan Surge will Fail without Diplomacy, Anti-Corruption](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/trumps-afghanistan-surge-will-fa-187x137.jpg)
![Accountability: Pakistan PM Resigns After Supreme Court Corruption Ruling](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/accountability-pakistan-pm-resig-187x137.jpg)
Accountability: Pakistan PM Resigns After Supreme Court Corruption Ruling
TeleSur | - - The ruling comes after months of hearings over Nawaz Sharif's alleged corruption. Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigned on Friday after the country’s Supreme Court disqualified him from…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/image-20170224-22983-ttvs1f-187x137.jpg)
Why ISIL is Targeting Tolerant Sufi Islam
By Peter Gottschalk | (The Conversation) | - - On Feb. 16, 2017, a bomb ripped through a crowd assembled at the tomb of a Sufi saint, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, in southeastern…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/CFE57215-4703-4144-BF1E-A0E0591B91EC_cx0_cy1_cw0_w66_r5.jpg)
Pakistanis Baffled, Buoyant over Trump’s Fantastical Praise
By Frud Bezhan | ( RFE/RL) | - - The office of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has cited a phone conversation with Donald Trump in which it says the U.S. president-elect…![Trumpists beat Muslim-American Child of frmr Fulbrighter, harass Family out of US](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/trumpists-beat-muslim-american-c-187x137.jpg)
Trumpists beat Muslim-American Child of frmr Fulbrighter, harass Family out of US
By TeleSur | - - After a series of violent attacks and recrimination, an esteemed Muslim academic flees the U.S. Abdul Aziz returned home from school last week, his face bruised, his…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/population-1-378x230-1-187x137.jpg)
In an Age of Global Terror, do Failed States endanger you, too?
By Joseph Chamie and Barry Mirkin | (Inter Press Service) | - - NEW YORK, Apr 9 2016 (IPS) - Regardless of whether they are called fragile, failed, or failing states, scores…![Pakistan’s New Weapon Against Taliban Is Education](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/12/pakistans-new-weapon-against-tal-187x137.jpg)
Pakistan’s New Weapon Against Taliban Is Education
AJ+ | (Video News Report) | - - "One year after 132 kids were killed in a school attack, Pakistan's army has found another way to fight the Taliban. " Pakistan's New…![Earthquake in Pakistan & Afghanistan hits Poor Worse](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/earthquake-in-pakistan-afghanist-187x137.jpg)
Earthquake in Pakistan & Afghanistan hits Poor Worse
Channel 4 News | (Video News Report) | - - "More than 200 people have been killed in a powerful quake which shook areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan and was felt as…![Is al-Zawahiri’s oath to Taliba a sign al-Qaeda is finished? Will ISIL step In?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/is-al-zawahiris-oath-to-taliba-a-187x137.jpg)
Is al-Zawahiri’s oath to Taliban a sign al-Qaeda is finished? Will ISIL step In?
By Joanna Paraszczuk | ( RFE/ RL ) - - After almost a year of silence, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has released an audio message swearing bay'ah -- an oath of allegiance…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/female_commandos-629x426-187x137.jpg)
Pushtun Female Commandos Ready to Take on the Taliban
By Ashfaq Yusufzai | (Inter Press Service) | - - PESHAWAR, Pakistan (IPS) - For years, Robina Shah has dreamed of joining the police force. Ever since her father, a police constable,…![Climate Change-Driven Drought in Karachi hits Poor Hardest](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/climate-change-driven-drought-in-187x137.jpg)
Climate Change-Driven Drought in Karachi hits Poor Hardest
By Zofeen Ebrahim | {Inter Press Service) | - - KARACHI (IPS) - Over 950 people have perished in just five days. The morgues, already filled to capacity, are piling up with…![As 700 Die in Pakistan from Extreme Heat, Pakistanis Deny Climate Change](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/as-700-die-in-pakistan-from-extr-187x137.jpg)
As 700 Die in Pakistan from Extreme Heat, Pakistanis Deny Climate Change
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Pakistan is in the midst of an extreme heat wave with highs around 110 degrees F., which has killed 700 persons in the…![By the Time Washington wakes up to China’s Eurasian Strategy will it be too Late?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/by-the-time-washington-wakes-up-187x137.jpg)
By the Time Washington wakes up to China’s Eurasian Strategy will it be too Late?
By Alfred W. McCoy | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - For even the greatest of empires, geography is often destiny. You wouldn’t know it in Washington, though. America’s political, national security, and foreign…![Over 40 Ismaili Shiites shot down by Sunni Extremists in Pakistan](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/05/over-40-ismaili-shiites-shot-dow-187x137.jpg)
Over 40 Ismaili Shiites shot down by Sunni Extremists in Pakistan
BBC | - "Dozens of people are thought to have died after an attack by gunmen on a bus in Karachi. They surrounded the bus, which was carrying Ismaili Shia Muslims, and…![Afghanistan’s Endless War: Between the US, Taliban and ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/05/afghanistans-endless-war-between-187x137.jpg)
Afghanistan’s Endless War: Between the US, Taliban and ISIL
By Brian M. Downing | (Informed Comment) | - War is largely a seasonal activity in Afghanistan. Winters are harsh and fighters need to work fields and tend herds. With spring, another…![Pakistan – Court jails 10 for life over attack on Malala and on Women’s Education](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/05/pakistan-court-jails-10-for-life-187x137.jpg)
Pakistan – Court jails 10 for life over attack on Malala and on Women’s Education
France24 English | - An anti-terror court in Pakistan has sentenced 10 men for their roles in the 2012 attack on Malala Yousafzai. France24 English: "PAKISTAN - Court jails 10 for life…![The China-Pakistan trade corridor and its implications for regional security](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/05/the-china-pakistan-trade-corrido2-187x137.jpg)
The China-Pakistan trade corridor and its implications for regional security
By Brian M. Downing | (Informed Comment) | - China and Pakistan announced, with considerable fanfare in Islamabad, a $46 billion dollar investment program to build a transportation corridor from the western…![US admits it has no Idea who it is Assassinating by Drone](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/04/us-admits-it-has-no-idea-who-it-187x137.jpg)
US admits it has no Idea who it is Assassinating by Drone
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - The tragic deaths last January, just now being revealed, of two Western hostages in drone strikes on a relatively empty housing complex in northern Pakistan…![Pakistan as Hong Kong West: China’s New Silk Road & US Failure](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/04/pakistan-as-hong-kong-west-china-187x137.jpg)
Pakistan as Hong Kong West: China’s New Silk Road & US Failure
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Chinese President Xi Jinping made a state visit, full of pomp and circumstance, to Pakistan on Monday, but its centerpiece was a $46 billion investment…![Pakistan: Fighting Extremism with Schools, Not Guns](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011083905im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/01/pakistan-fighting-extremism-with-187x137.jpg)