Search results for ‘pakistani taliban’
177 items found
-
Video alleges Pakistan army abuse
As criticism of Pakistan’s armed forces grows, Channel 4 News obtains shocking footage from Pakistan allegedly showing soldiers mistreating and abusing four blindfolded men.
-
Twelve Afghans killed at anti-NATO protests
After at least 12 protesters are killed in a demonstration in northern Afghanistan, President Karzai condemns last night’s NATO raid in which four people died and which provoked today’s protest.
-
Osama bin Laden: US ‘pressure’ Pakistan for access to family
The US is putting “growing pressure” on Pakistan to allow access to Osama bin Laden’s family, Channel 4 News understands. The request is believed to be under consideration by Pakistani authorities.
-
Drone attacks in Pakistan are ‘next Guantanamo’
A lawyer acting for victims of US drone strikes in Pakistan is preparing fresh legal action against the CIA and tells Channel 4 News Osama bin Laden’s death strengthens the case against the attacks.
-
Can CIA drone attacks on Pakistan succeed?
The Obama administration has presided over a significant increase in unmanned CIA drone attacks on Pakistan. Who is pushing the policy forward – and can it succeed?
-
The view from 'Bin Laden Town'
Lindsey Hilsum writes from Abbottabad’s “Bin Laden Town” on the impact of the killing of Osama bin Laden on US/Pakistani relations.
-
WikiLeaks shows US-Pakistan relations mired in distrust
A series of WikiLeaks files shed new light on the relationship of distrust between the United States and Pakistan over the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden.
-
Cameron: Britain will continue to support Pakistan
Britain shares the “same struggle against terrorism” with Pakistan, David Cameron says, pledging his support for Pakistan’s President in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death.
-
Osama bin Laden: the hunt ends ten years on
As Osama bin Laden is killed by US special forces, defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones – who was part of the original team hunting the al-Qaeda leader – assesses the implications.
-
CIA drone strikes: a legal war?
A UN senior official tells Channel 4 News if CIA personnel are operating drone strikes in Pakistan, they could be prosecuted for murder and war crimes if humanitarian laws are violated.
-
‘America’s drones go where its thousands of troops cannot’
Why have drones or unmanned warplanes become so important to America’s war in Afghanistan? Surely it is the realisation that the Obama troop surge there cannot box the Taliban into a corner.
-
Pakistan deaths prompt questions over US drone use
The deaths of two British al-Qaeda members in a drone attack in Pakistan have focused attention on US deployment of unmanned airplanes in north Waziristan.
-
Islamist hate books inquiry call
Counter-terror thinktanks call for inquiry into public library stocks after a Channel 4 News investigation finds hundreds of books written by radical Islamist preachers, writes Johnny McDevitt.
-
Pakistan floods: a forgotten emergency
As winter arrives in Pakistan one international charity tells Channel 4 News the recent flooding is in danger of becoming a forgotten emergency.
-
Musharraf warns Pakistan region could fall
A couple of interesting first takes on history worth noting from two of the key players in the “war on terror” George Bush and Pervez Musharraf.