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Mumbai attacks

Restaurant window damaged in 2008's militant attack is seen at the railway station in Mumbai.

Did bulk surveillance programs really stop an American-born terrorist? Probably not

Justice

After Edward Snowden, the US government said its controversial surveillance programs had stopped a terrorist – David Coleman Headley. But a number of Snowden documents show otherwise.

International terrorism, government informants exposed in Chicago

An Indian-Pakistani musical collaboration

Arts, Culture & Media

Who trained the Mumbai terrorists

India after the attacks

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India and Pakistan

It’s still not clear who was behind the attacks in Mumbai, but some in India are quick to blame Pakistan.

Mumbai terrorist attacks

Terrorists attack luxury hotels, a train station and a restaurant popular with foreign tourists in Mumbai, and are currently holding hostages.

British Politician Offers $10 Million Bounty for the Capture of Obama and Bush

Washington recently announced it was offering a reward of $10 million for information that would lead to the arrest of Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba group who are widely suspected of organising the 2008 Mumbai attacks in which 166 people died. That has drawn a counter offer: a bounty of $10 million for […]

David Headley: A Perfect Terrorist

Lifestyle & Belief

Three years ago a Pakistani-American named David Headley orchestrated a major attack on Mumbai. But Headley was just one part of Lashkar’s growing global reach, as Sebastian Rotella reports for PBS Frontline and The World.

New Documentary Looks at the ‘Perfect Terrorist’ Behind the Mumbai Attacks

Three years ago this week 10 gunmen lay siege to the city of Mumbai. They arrived by boat from Karachi, Pakistan and for for three days, they launched a series of attacks on two 5-star hotels, a train station and a small Jewish hostel. A total of 166 people were killed, and more than 300 […]

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