Honey Traps: Intelligence business is the oldest profession….

In this Information Age, finding sensitive information is no more a daunting challenge.  The social media has solved so many problems and removed many traditional barriers. The militants fighting the occupations forces in Afghanistan have discovered a novel way, a different kind of honey trap, to get the precious information about the location of NATO … More Honey Traps: Intelligence business is the oldest profession….

How drone strikes help the terrorists….

The terrorists in Pakistan, and elsewhere, are fortunate in having unsolicited support from a cross-section of society on so many issue in more than one way. The issue on which they are indeed grateful for this support is the campaign against drone strikes. This campaign has been launched on the basis of self-defeating arguments. The … More How drone strikes help the terrorists….

Strategic callousness: Deep inside the President’s Secret Army….

In civilized societies, it is considered near-taboo to take advantage of someone in deep distress. Nations do take advantage of other nations’ hour of need for their own strategic objectives but taking advantage of a nation devastated by an earthquake is nothing short of strategic callousness.  As if the episode of Dr Shakeel Afridi was … More Strategic callousness: Deep inside the President’s Secret Army….