Posts Tagged ‘ war ’

Videos: Pakistanis, the Army and the War

By TQ
Jul 2014

A collection of Tanqeed videos looking at how Pakistanis have struggled with the wars, assaults and operations.
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“One Boy. One Girl.” | Voices from North Waziristan

Jul 2014

VIDEO | Nandoona lost two children on her three-day flight to Bannu, from her home in Dawari, North Waziristan.
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Voices from North Waziristan | Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Jun 2014

VIDEO | Hundreds of thousands have been displaced by the Zarb-e-Azb operation in North Waziristan.
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Holding it Down | A Poetics of War and Occupation

Oct 2013

PLUS MUSIC TRACKS | An Iraq war veteran and a drone pilot delve into the American war experience in a new collaborative album with Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd.
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Should Pakistan Apologize for 1971? | Q&A

By M.A.
Dec 2012

During a six-hour visit to Dhaka, where Hina Rabbani Khar was planning on inviting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the D-8 summit scheduled to start in Islamabad today (December 22 2012), her Bangladesh counterpart, Dipu Moni, decided to make a request that Pakistan is becoming all too familiar with. Apologize for the 1971 war...
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Part VI: Understanding Brinksmanship

Dec 2012

This is the sixth of a multi-part series “Waiting for a Real Reckoning on 1971″ by Naeem Mohaiemen. Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V The complex events leading from post-1970 election negotiations to the March 1971 military crackdown remain a historical gray area with many unanswered questions. How did Mujib struggle to balance leadership...
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The Hamood-ur-Rehman Commission Report | A Review

By M.A.
Dec 2012

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had only been in power for one week, when he asked the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Hamood-ur-Rehman, to investigate “the circumstances in which the Commander, Eastern command, surrendered”, “laid down their arms” and ordered “a ceasefire”. Of the 12 copies submitted by Hamood-ur-Rehman, all but one was destroyed....
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