Sohail Abdul Nasir
Sohail Abdul Nasir is an Islamabad-based journalist. He writes on foreign policy matters, regional security issues and the war on terrorism.
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South Waziristan’s Veteran Jihadi Leader: A Profile of Haji Omar
The recent insurgency in some portions of Pakistan's tribal belt has produced a chain of new leaders who govern their respective areas. A common trait of these new leaders is...
Baitullah Mehsud: South Waziristan’s Unofficial Amir
Militancy in Pakistan's tribal areas gave birth to a new generation of leadership. Most of the traditional tribal elders who constitute the jirga system have been killed at the hands...
Pakistan Holds Secret Talks with Local Taliban
The Pakistani government is frantically attempting to prolong the relatively calm situation in South Waziristan and to reach reconciliation with militants in North Waziristan. In order to attain this objective...
Insurgents Switch Tactics in Waziristan
After two years of confronting a low level insurgency, North Waziristan is now suffering from lethal suicide attacks directed at government security forces. The use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)...
The Talibanization of the North-West Frontier
In a bid to cope with the worsening security situation in North and South Waziristan agencies, and to contain the expanding wave of Talibanization from the tribal areas to the...
Taliban Setup Office in South Waziristan
In South Waziristan, members of the local Taliban have been allowed to establish an office in Wana in an effort to restore law and order to the area (Daily Times,...
Al-Qaeda’s Clandestine Courier Service
The recent release of audio and videotapes from Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri call attention to al-Qaeda's couriers and how they transport tapes to major media outlets (al-Jazeera, January...
Two Taliban-linked Companies Raided by Pakistani Authorities
Based on a report from Interpol, a special team from Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) raided the offices of two Afghan trading companies on January 24 in Peshawar. FIA authorities...
Al-Zawahiri’s Pakistani Ally: Profile of Maulana Faqir Mohammed
Maulana Faqir Mohammed was catapulted into prominence last year when his house was raided by Pakistani security agencies hunting a "high value" al-Qaeda target. In the span of seven months,...