Peshawar | Reuben Brand

Pakistan’s Dirty Laundry

July 4, 2009

My following article, “Pakistan’s dirty laundry” was published in Online Opinion – Australia’s leading journal for social and political debate. It also made an appearance at a lovely little place called Window Dresser’s Arms, Pig & Whistle The ongoing war with the...

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The Taliban eat haggis?

Blog, Pakistan

April 15, 2009

“A SCOTTISH Muslim convert, dubbed the “Tartan Taleban”, has re-emerged in Pakistan where he has reportedly been arrested as a terror suspect. Pakistan television paraded images of a man said to be James Alexander McLintock, who had been detained in the north-west city of Peshawar in late...

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Pakistan: D.I.Y. Counter Terrorism

Blog, Pakistan

February 24, 2009

The Government of the North West Frontier Province in Pakistan is set to distribute 30,000 rifles to civilians as a counter measure to help curb the increase in criminal gangs operating in the region: “The government would give 30,000 rifles to civilians after proper scrutiny by a committee, headed...

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“Pakistan on the Brink”

Blog, Pakistan

February 23, 2009

The ABC’s ‘Four Corners’ program aired a report today on Pakistan’s ever increasing Taliban threat: “…if the country’s leaders were good we would not have been able to occupy this tribal territory, because of the harsh policy of the government and the army we have...

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