Attack on Nato convoy

PESHAWAR: The attack outside Islamabad on a convoy of trucks carrying supplies for Nato troops clearly points to a serious intelligence lapse. How could so many armed people riding motorcycles and cars pass through a major highway undetected? Surely someone in the police or other law-enforcement agencies would have detected their movement given that these organisations have no problem keeping track of ordinary Pakistanis.

Published in the Express Tribune, June 10^th, 2010.