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The first words out of Ambassador Cameron Phelps Munter mouth defended the massively unpopular Drone Bombings in Pakistan. His unabated defense of the violation of the sovereignty of Pakistani territories will not go well with the Pakistani …

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Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani while reiterating Pakistan’s sincere desire for active participation in the economic development of region under the SCO on Thursday called for early upgradation of the country’s status as full member …

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President Obama’s public announcements and private actions contradict each other. One the one hand, we had the surge, on the other had there is a withdrawal date. One the one had the US is talking to the Taliban, …

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By Sana Jamal
ISLAMABAD: At a time when the whole world is deeply concerned over Aasia Bibi’s death sentence for blasphemy issued by a local court, Pakistani citizens and human rights activists state that the case …

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President Hamid Karzai’s chief of staff has said British authorities brought a fake Taliban commander into sensitive meetings with the Afghan government.
The British embassy refused to confirm or deny the remarks, made in an interview …

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By Jason Motlagh / Ghazni
NATO leaders stuck to an upbeat script at their Lisbon summit during the weekend of Nov. 19-21, announcing a formal timetable aimed at ending combat operations in Afghanistan and leaving security …

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By Ikram Sehgal
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Reko Diq is a remote location in the north-west of Chagai, a sparsely populated district in north-western Balochistan. The weather in the desert there ranges from searing summers of 40-50°C to freezing …

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Cuba’s Fidel Castro has called NATO a “military mafia” involved in a “genocidal” war in Afghanistan, as the alliance vows to keep troops there beyond a 2014 deadline.
In an article published on Tuesday, the former …

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From day one India has played rough against Pakistan. Now it is playing with fire by assuming that it is at par with China. Let’s hope for sanity to prevail in Chanakyapuri.

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He really thinks he’s the future leader of Afghanistan. He writes off Pakistan as a has-been and sees no need to engage it. Can he escape the fate of other puppets: Karmal, Amin and Najibullah? …

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The CIA, the Pentagon, and the `Peace President`
by Andrew Gavin Marshall
Just 47 years ago, on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This marked the turning of the American National Security …

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Dennis J. Kucinich
Editor’s Note: This is taken from a press release from Congressman Dennis Kucinich, a leading voice for peace in congress.
Afghanistan War, Nightmare without End for Troops, Innocent Civilians and US Taxpayers
Washington D.C. (November …

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Conference featuring former UK MP and human rights activist George Galloway, held in Montreal, Canada at the UQAM on November 17, 2010.
November 17 marks the inaugural stop on George Galloway’s 10-city speaking tour of Canada …

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Who should be held responsible: retired General Pervez Musharraf, President Asif Ali Zardari or COAS Gen. Ashfaque Parvez Kayani? They can’t shun their responsibility for the rise in CIA drone attacks in Pakistan in the …

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(cited from globaltimes.cn and written by Hao Zhou)
China Military News — Indian Ministry of Defence officials said Monday that two mountain divisions will be deployed in southern Tibet, an area claimed by Beijing, and will …

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KABUL, Afghanistan — For months, the secret talks unfolding between Taliban and Afghan leaders to end the war appeared to be showing promise, if only because of the appearance of a certain insurgent leader at one …

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The War On Terror Is A Shortcut To Pakistan Army’s Impending Demise

Pakistan has been turned into a war-on-terror parking lot: 3000 American Special Forces units operate in Pakistan at the present. Pakistan’s politicos have always …

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November 19, 2010
By Eric S. Margolis
Amazing as it sounds, NATO, the world’s most powerful military alliance, may be losing the only war the 61-year old pact every fought. All its soldiers, heavy bombers, tanks, helicopter …

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By Brig(Retd.) Samson Simon Sharaf
The visit to India was part of the APEC Arc that President Obama undertook culminating in November 19 NATO Summit at Lisbon. Many Pakistanis, who felt that India was accorded preferential …

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BUSINESS RECORDER EDITORIAL
(November 20, 2010)
If the US-led coalition needed the Taliban position to calibrate its transition strategy in Afghanistan at the Nato summit in Lisbon this week it has been supplied by Mulla Omar himself. …

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21 November 2010
BBC: At least seven people have been killed in north-east India after a bomb thought to have been planted by Maoist rebels exploded, Bihar police say.

The device was found on Saturday, but it …

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By Phil Hazlewood
November 21, 2010 – 6:14AM
AFP
The Taliban say NATO is heading for defeat in Afghanistan after the alliance announced plans to begin withdrawing troops from the country from next year.

“It has become clear that …

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http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-our-afghan-exit-is-now-overdue-2139648.html
Sunday, 21 November 2010
On Remembrance Sunday last year, this newspaper (Independent, UK) became the first and only to call for British troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan. Since then, Barack Obama has concluded a tortuous …

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By Robert Dreyfuss
Neoconservatives have urged Barack Obama to boost US defence ties with India to counter China. But the last thing the US needs is a polarized Asia, writes Robert Dreyfuss.

In advance of US President …