Mustafa Qadri
Mustafa Qadri is newmatilda.com's Middle East and South Asia Correspondent. He has reported widely from Israel and Palestine, London and Pakistan. He used to be a lawyer specialising in public international law and has worked at the Australian Attorney-General’s Department representing the Government in native title claims and international crime treaty negotiations. You can see more of his work at mustafaqadri.net.
Website: Mustafa Qadri
Articles by Mustafa Qadri on newmatilda.com:
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Beitullah Mehsud, the man analysts describe as more dangerous than Osama bin Laden, continues to evade death in Pakistan, writes Mustafa Qadri
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Five days after the election, Iran is still in the grip of massive protests. Now the offer of a partial recount isn't going to put the genie back in the bottle, writes Mustafa Qadri
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Who will be chosen to lead the country through its crucial next few years? Mustafa Qadri surveys the candidates in tomorrow's presidential election
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Thanks to massive army operations in the Swat Valley, Pakistan's Taliban movement is in retreat for the first time, writes Mustafa Qadri
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The Taliban is stepping up its violent attacks but ordinary Pakistanis have had enough and the organisation is losing popular support, reports Mustafa Qadri from near the Swat valley
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Last week a number of quiet mountain villages became part of the deadly frontline in Pakistan's battle with Islamic militancy, report Mustafa Qadri and Tahir Ali
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The recent gun battles across Karachi demonstrate that there's a lot more to Pakistan's problems than dealing with the Taliban, writes Mustafa Qadri
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Last week US forces bombed a village in southern Afghanistan and killed at least 147 civilians. This is just the kind of stupidity that increases the Taliban's popularity, writes Mustafa Qadri
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They've huffed and they've puffed but they can't blow the Taliban down. Why not, asks Mustafa Qadri
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Counter-insurgency expert David Kilcullen believes that Pakistan could collapse "within months". But Mustafa Qadri reports that in the tribal areas it is actually the Taliban, not al Qaeda, that is gaining traction
