US drone attacks in Pakistan are counter-productive and only help the militants’ cause.
![Studies show that the survivors of drone strikes suffer from long-term psychological trauma [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013119084853734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Dr Masooda Bano is University Research Lecturer at Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. Her book, The Rational Believer: Choices and Decisions in the Madrasas of Pakistan explains basis of recruitment for jihad in Pakistan.
US drone attacks in Pakistan are counter-productive and only help the militants’ cause.
![Studies show that the survivors of drone strikes suffer from long-term psychological trauma [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013119084853734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)