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- 1Aafia Siddiqui case renews scrutiny of War on Terror detentions●Aafia, Adiala, and the architecture of the War on Terror
Commentary is revisiting the case of Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist convicted in the United States of attempting to kill US personnel in Afghanistan, and linking it to conditions at Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, where she could serve time if transferred. Writers frame both as symbols of the post-9/11 detention system, arguing the War on Terror's legal architecture still shapes Pakistani and American politics today.