Mehsud, Hakimullah

‘I Lost Everything’: Pakistani Airstrikes Escalate Conflict on Afghan Border

MANDATAH VILLAGE, Afghanistan — It was nearly 3 a.m. in the mountainous borderlands of eastern Afghanistan when a deafening thud jolted Qudratullah awake. Confused, he staggered to the doorway of his mud brick home, looked outside and froze. Thick plumes of black smoke and dust filled the air. The front of the modest house where […]