Drones Strikes

The Taliban Torches a Lifeline

By Ashfaq Yusufzai
The United States is laying meticulous plans ahead of its 2014 withdrawal from Afghanistan, but it has clearly overlooked how its continued drones strikes on the tribal areas of neighbouring Pakistan will affect the much-anticipated pullout.

Coming Out in Droves Against Drones

By Ashfaq Yusufzai
Though the constant hum of unmanned aerial vehicles flying overhead makes a strong case for staying indoors, residents of Pakistan’s North Waziristan Agency are emerging in droves from their humble homes, some no bigger than huts constructed from mud and stones.

CIA Drone Strikes on Trial in Pakistan

By George Gao
Adding fuel to a long-simmering dispute between the U.S. and Pakistan, a Peshawar High Court declared CIA drone strikes illegal on Thursday, referring to such attacks in Pakistan’s tribal belt as “war crime(s)”.

Will the World Listen to Women?

By Zofeen Ebrahim
What does birth control have to do with reducing global emissions?