Hassan Abbas

Senior Advisor, Harvard University Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Guest

Senior advisor and former research fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and a fellow at the Asia Society; author of Pakistan's Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army and America's War on Terror and Pakistan's Troubled Frontier; former senior police officer for President Musharraf's National Accountability Bureau

 

 

Hassan Abbas on KCRW

Twenty-eight thousand Pakistani soldiers are in the fourth day of an offensive in South Waziristan, a province in western Pakistan where some 10,000 Taliban provide a base for al Qaeda…

Pakistan and the Taliban

Twenty-eight thousand Pakistani soldiers are in the fourth day of an offensive in South Waziristan, a province in western Pakistan where some 10,000 Taliban provide a base for al Qaeda…

from Which Way, L.A.?

Despite fierce resistance, Pakistan's Army claims progress in its much-awaited offensive South Waziristan, where some 10,000 Taliban provide a base for al Qaeda and training for…

Pakistan Fights Militants in the Mountains

Despite fierce resistance, Pakistan's Army claims progress in its much-awaited offensive South Waziristan, where some 10,000 Taliban provide a base for al Qaeda and training for…

from To the Point

Standing at the White House with President Pervez Musharraf today, President Bush said he was "taken aback" to learn that a US official threatened Pakistan after September 11.

The US and Pakistan in the War on Terror

Standing at the White House with President Pervez Musharraf today, President Bush said he was "taken aback" to learn that a US official threatened Pakistan after September 11.

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