Daud Khattak is managing editor of RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal.
Why did these three men have their hands amputated? Under what law and after what legal process? And what does this say about the government’s authority in Orakzai, one of Pakistan’s seven tribal agencies?
RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal broadcaster Daud Khattak says terrified and war-weary locals in the region have ever reason to wonder if the fighting will ever end.
Pakistan's top army commander has apologized for the deaths of over 60 civilians in an air strike in a remote tribal region. The gesture is commendable, but does little to stem the growing anger against the military and the government.
