America's 'surge' may only expand, intensify and prolong the Afghan conflict NEW YORK -- There were no surprises in President Barack Obama's historic speech at West Point last Tuesday.
A conference of clerics belonging to various schools of thought held at the Sindh Chief Minister's House expressed concern over the prevailing situation across the country and declared terrorism in all its forms the greatest crime against Islam, humanity and Pakistan.
KARACHI: The government has concrete evidence of India's involvement in terrorism across the country and the issue will be taken up during a round of talks with New Delhi soon, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Monday.
The failure to capture or locate any of the senior leadership of the Taliban in Swat or Waziristan may show a lack of capacity or competence by our forces and agencies – but this pales into insignificance beside the failure of all concerned to find Osama bin Laden.
First things first. The victory on Nov 29 for Yes-sayers in the Swiss referendum on banning minarets is not an attack on Islam. It is secularism that has been trampled upon.
Returning to Washington this week, after a whirlwind tour in Afghanistan, I am dizzy, not from delight but from the overwhelming disconnect between rhetoric stateside and reality Asia-side.
With U.S. President Barack Obama's announcement of his strategy in Afghanistan, the U.S.-jihadist war has entered a new phase. With its allies, the United States has decided to increase its focus on the Afghan war while continuing to withdraw from Iraq.
Last week, Mohamed ElBaradei stepped down as the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, ending a 12-year tenure marked by confrontations with North Korea, Iran and Syria as well as public clashes with Washington.
RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN -- Pine coffins were ceremonially placed on an army soccer field Saturday as Pakistan's prime minister, army chief and other officials gathered to mourn three victims of a suicide attack at a military mosque Friday that killed at least 40 people and injured 8 …
On the 17th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday reiterated that building a temple to Lord Ram at the mosque site was a "commitment" and the party would seek a resolution to the issue through negotiation or judicial verdict.
Last week, despite worldwide mourning over 26/11 carnage, terror and anxiety prevailed all over the country.
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In line with its policy of using force to resolve situations India has embarked on what it calls 'operation Green Hunt' to hunt down and kill the Naxalites fighting for their rights in India's insurgency dominated north east.
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DANTEWADA, INDIA // After years of ignoring a sprawling, largely hidden war raging in the rural countryside that has killed more than 600 people so far this year alone, the Indian government is gearing up for a massive military counter-offensive this month.
Over 3,000 Sikhs were killed in Delhi and other places across India in anti-Sikh riots that broke out following the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her two Sikh bodyguards on Oct 31, 1984.
Is Maoism in India really the only response to poverty and lack of development? Is an armed rebellion the only way to change the way the Indian State operates? Will such a movement lead to a better future for underprivileged people in this country? Are other forms of mass democra …
An interview with a Taliban trained Suicide Bomber With English Subtitles. What are the intentions and what are the motive forces behind the Suicide Bombing & other acts of terrorism? Watch from the mouth of a Taliban suicide bomber himself.
The idea of bilateral Indian-Turkish or Indian- Israeli or a so called trilateral axis between them under the over all American umbrella has emerged, been encouraged and promoted by USA after the collapse of the USSR in late 1980s and after the 11 September in particular.
What is happening in Pakistan? The military is fighting insurgents to save the heart and soul of Pakistan and making enormous sacrifices.
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Making sense of U.S. President Barack Obama's strategy at this moment is difficult.
In its continuing search for an alternative to General Stanley McChrystal's comprehensive counterinsurgency approach to the war in Afghanistan, and with President Obama having eliminated the minimalist counterterrorism plan of Vice President Joe Biden, the White House has lately …
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says his country is losing the battle against Maoist rebels. Mr Singh told a meeting of police chiefs from different states that rebel violence was increasing and the Maoists' appeal was growing.
Hundreds of tribal people backed by the Maoist guerrillas stormed the high-speed Rajdhani Express, one of the country's most prestigious passenger trains, in West Bengal on Tuesday.
TONITE, TENS OF THOUSANDS WILL ENTER BATTLE ON OUR SIDE, FEW AMERICANS WILL EVER KNOW
1984 is singlled out as annus horribilis in India; the year which saw the ruthless storming of the Golden Temple - holiest of the Sikh shrines by the Indian Army in Jun, the elimination of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale demanding restoration of Sikh political demands and the ass …
In the yesterday's episode of 'How I met your Mother' a CBS T.V sitcom, Barney Stinson awarded Robin Scherbatsky US citizenship declaring: "Not only you are WRONG but you are also belligerently sticking to your guns…AND insulting me in the process, I hereby pronounce yo …
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