Khuram Iqbal

President Obama’s re-election has sealed the end of the war in Afghanistan by 2014. This development has intensified the discussions in the intelligence community, academia and policy makers all across the world over the future of Afghanistan and global terrorism after the departure of international troops from the country. Many agree that the country will […]

For more than three decades into its formation, al Qaeda still remains a mystery. Through skillful manipulation of secrecy and deception, the global terrorist outfit managed to create an everlasting impact on global history, notwithstanding minimum resources at hand. Even before going into hiding following the international intervention in Afghanistan, the group’s leadership rarely interacted […]

On a bright sunny afternoon on August 31, 2011, a few dozen tribesmen in Waziristan gathered at a small local mosque to offer Friday prayers. Like anywhere else in the Muslim world, Friday prayers are usually held following a speech by the local prayer leader (imam). However, on that day, the imam cut his speech […]