Chris Elliott

Malala recovering: young Pakistani woman to continue her struggle

January 4, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for advocating girls' education in Pakistan, has been discharged from a British hospital.

Pakistan rallies around Malala Yousafzai

October 16, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

The 15-year-old Pakistani woman gravely wounded in a Taliban attack, has come to symbolize a broadening struggle in that country, against the extremist views the Taliban seeks to enforce there.

Behind the scenes: the secret NATO report on Afghanistan

February 8, 2012 By Thomas Riggins

Prisoners think that in areas where the U.S. forces withdraw and turn over control to the Afghan Army, that army begins to cooperate with the Taliban.

Pakistan generals profit from mayhem, communists say

February 3, 2012 By Teresa Albano

In a recent analysis, the Communist Party of Pakistan says the Obama administration is interested in working out a political settlement in Afghanistan "in order to cut down its colossal expenditures there."

Pakistan: anatomy of a crisis

December 5, 2011 By Conn Hallinan

The question being asked is whether the assault was a "fog of war" incident or a calculated hit.