Mustafa Qadri
Mustafa Qadri is an Australian-based freelance journalist who has worked in the Middle East, Britain and Pakistan. He was formerly a lawyer specialising in public and international law with the Australian Attorney-General's Department and the Pilbara Native Title Service. He writes mainly about Middle East and South Asian politics.
Homeless in the mountains of Pakistan
Author: Mustafa Qadri
The Pakistan Army is in the middle of its largest ever operations against Taliban forces in the troubled region bordering Afghanistan. Up to 2.5 million are believed to have fled the once quiet, scenic mountain ranges. At a camp in Risalpur, 50 miles south of some of the fiercest battle zones in the Swat valley, I talked to schoolgirl Mannu. Among the bare dwellings of Risalpur's industrial area, buildings donated to the displaced by local businessmen that have been transformed into miniature cities, I met eleven-year-old Mannu, a fearless young student unfazed by the traumas that have, for the time being at least, destroyed her ancient village community. ...
Author: Mustafa Qadri
The Pakistan Army is in the middle of its largest ever operations against Taliban forces in the troubled region bordering Afghanistan. Up to 2.5 million are believed to have fled the once quiet, scenic mountain ranges. At a camp in Risalpur, 50 miles south of some of the fiercest battle zones in the Swat valley, I talked to schoolgirl Mannu. Among the bare dwellings of Risalpur's industrial area, buildings donated to the displaced by local businessmen that have been transformed into miniature cities, I met eleven-year-old Mannu, a fearless young student unfazed by the traumas that have, for the time being at least, destroyed her ancient village community. ...
Pakistan's displaced voice fear and anger
Author: Mustafa Qadri
Mustafa Qadri in Peshawar and Tahir Ali in Rangmala talk to civilians displaced by a Pakistani army offensive against Taliban militants in the Swat valley that has uprooted hundreds of thousands.
Since last Friday, the Pakistan army has been engaged in its largest offensive to date against Taliban forces in the country's northwest. The assaults, focused mainly in the Swat valley and lower Dir districts of Malakand Tribal Agency, have driven village communities, some 500,000 or more men, women and children according to the United Nations, to flee mountainous homes that, once placid and beautiful, have been transformed into deadly frontlines in Pakistan's latest battle with Islamic militancy.
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Author: Mustafa Qadri
Mustafa Qadri in Peshawar and Tahir Ali in Rangmala talk to civilians displaced by a Pakistani army offensive against Taliban militants in the Swat valley that has uprooted hundreds of thousands.
Since last Friday, the Pakistan army has been engaged in its largest offensive to date against Taliban forces in the country's northwest. The assaults, focused mainly in the Swat valley and lower Dir districts of Malakand Tribal Agency, have driven village communities, some 500,000 or more men, women and children according to the United Nations, to flee mountainous homes that, once placid and beautiful, have been transformed into deadly frontlines in Pakistan's latest battle with Islamic militancy.
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Earthquake adds to Pakistan's humanitarian woes
Author: Mustafa Qadri
It was in the early hours of the morning on Monday 29 October when two earthquakes registering 5.2 and 6.4 on the Richter scale flattened villages in Pishin and the former resort area of Ziarat in Balochistan, a south-western province of Pakistan bordering Iran and Afghanistan.
CARE International's Pakistan director described the humanitarian situation that followed as "the saddest thing I've seen in my life". CARE estimates the quakes have killed 500-600 people and injured thousands more.
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Author: Mustafa Qadri
It was in the early hours of the morning on Monday 29 October when two earthquakes registering 5.2 and 6.4 on the Richter scale flattened villages in Pishin and the former resort area of Ziarat in Balochistan, a south-western province of Pakistan bordering Iran and Afghanistan.
CARE International's Pakistan director described the humanitarian situation that followed as "the saddest thing I've seen in my life". CARE estimates the quakes have killed 500-600 people and injured thousands more.
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The Taliban's war on women's education
Author: Mustafa Qadri
For well over a decade the Taliban have been known for their strong opposition to the participation of women in public life. Their rule over most of Afghanistan until 2001 was marked by a complete prohibition on women in the workforce or at educational facilities either as teachers or students.
One of the most noticeable features of the past two years of conflict involving the Taliban in tribal Pakistan, particularly in Waziristan and Swat, has been the Islamic movement's response to the role of women in society.
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Author: Mustafa Qadri
For well over a decade the Taliban have been known for their strong opposition to the participation of women in public life. Their rule over most of Afghanistan until 2001 was marked by a complete prohibition on women in the workforce or at educational facilities either as teachers or students.
One of the most noticeable features of the past two years of conflict involving the Taliban in tribal Pakistan, particularly in Waziristan and Swat, has been the Islamic movement's response to the role of women in society.
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Civilians suffer as Pakistan army targets Taliban
Author: Mustafa Qadri
For civilians in Pakistan's conflict-ridden tribal areas, the Taliban are not the only threat.
The Taliban insurgency along Pakistan's tribal border with Afghanistan has fast turned into the key security concern for the United States.
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Author: Mustafa Qadri
For civilians in Pakistan's conflict-ridden tribal areas, the Taliban are not the only threat.
The Taliban insurgency along Pakistan's tribal border with Afghanistan has fast turned into the key security concern for the United States.
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