How Islamabad went from boring and green to violent and meanIslamabad in Pakistan wasn’t always known as a scene of suicide bombings and security checkpoints. NY Times journo Salman Masood looks back on the “laidback, dull” city of his youth.
Suicide bombers
Why Islamic extremists hate India
India doesn’t have a single soldier fighting in Afghanistan — so why are suicide bombers targetting the Indian Embassy in Kabul? Salil Tripathi explains the long and complex relationship between India and the Islamic world.
Trained for terror: the Taliban’s brainwashed boys
CNN meet a group of Pakistani boys who say they were kidnapped by the Taliban and groomed as suicide bombers. Rescued by the army, a team of psychologists are attempting to bring them back from the brink of brainwashing and repair their shattered lives.
Media briefs and TV ratings
The Oz goes over the top in Pakistan … Cricket helps Nine to a first-up ratings win … Sunday lifts, but so does everything else … Not happy Kerry … Last night’s TV ratings.
Airports not planes the new terror target
A House of Commons Report that was finished before the attack on Glasgow Airport has spelled out the real terrorism risk that Australian authorities seem frightened to discuss: security screening lines.
