David Rohde's Days in Taliban Captivity

David Rohde, The New York Times reporter for Afghanistan who was captured by the Taliban, escaped and then wrote about it in a 5 part series in the The New York Times.

Pakistani Media Jihadi Propaganda

by Farhat Taj

Some people in Waziristan have requested that I write about a column published in the Urdu daily Mashriq on January 2, 2011. Following is the summary of the column, titled ‘Hakeemullah Mehsud’s lover’.

A senior female French journalist contacted a tribal journalist form Waziristan via Facebook. The French lady requested him to help her with some research on Waziristan. The tribesman agreed and the French journalist landed in Pakistan.