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The half-truths of drone warfare

By Faheem Younus
In Islam, Loyalty, Op-eds
4 Min read
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  Originally Published in The Baltimore Sun   American drones have been operating since 2004 in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, my motherland. But on Nov. 21, a drone fired missiles at a religious seminary in Hangu, a settled area in mainland Pakistan, killing five men in addition to a top leader of the pro-Taliban Haqqani network. Pakistanis are angry. Imran Khan...

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Schools, not drones, can defeat cowardly Taliban

By Nasir Ahmad
In Letters, Women
1 Min read
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Originally Published in The New York Post and  The Asbury Park Press Now we know what the Taliban are afraid of. Not of drone attacks or bombs, but of books. By their cowardly attack on Malala Yousufzai — a strong proponent of women education — they have indicated to us how we can defeat them. Rather than spending billions of American dollars on drone attacks, we should spend this money to build...

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