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May 1, 2002
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Wednesday
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Safar 17, 1423
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Bombings and earthquakes
Milk and poverty alleviation
Asrar Ahmad’s views
Chasing the Taliban
Sindh Building Control Ord 2001
Value of life
Freedom of expression?
Checks and balance for stability
Destroying a good road
Minorities and elections
PTCL — a complaint
Psychological disorders
Traffic police
Improving public transport system
Bombings and earthquakes
IT has been noted that earthquake activity in our region has significantly increased since the US bombing campaign in Afghanistan, which began in October last year. Some of the bombs used included GBU-28, 5,000-pounds laser-guided weapons, JSOW, air-to-ground smart bombs, AGM-86, air-launched cruise missiles and Daisy Cutters.
When bombs such as Daisy Cutters and other sophisticated bombs are dropped on the ground, stresses are induced in the earth’s crust. These stresses are released at weaker locations of the fault sooner or later. The bombings also increase the seismic activity in the area or areas that are connected below the earth through dense rock. The severe earthquakes that struck Afghanistan in March can be attributed to these bombings.
In the last few decades, increase in the seismic activity throughout the worl
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