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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan repeatedly urged Afghanistan and US-led forces there to go after notorious Taliban cleric Maulvi Fazlullah, whose fighters took part in cross-border raids that killed about 100 members of Pakistan’s security forces in recent …
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Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has said the international community‘s urgency to see the Kashmir resolved had reached an all-time high, leaving India with no choice but to take immediate …
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The Obama administration has launched the opening salvos of a new, more aggressive approach towards an Afghan insurgent group it asserts is supported by Pakistan’s government, The Washington Post reported quoting senior …
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Late last month, the Hindu newspaper published an interview with Parveena Ahangar, the chairperson of an organization with one of the strangest and saddest names: the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons in Kashmir. The persons who …
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The current wave of Pakistan-bashing is not without a reason. There are plans to discredit Pakistan and create enabling environments for India to take over Afghanistan after the US departure. Pakistan has been used beyond …
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ISLAMABAD: The United States was not sincere about peace in Afghanistan when it signaled it would remain open to exploring a settlement that includes the Haqqani network, one of the group’s senior commanders said on …
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By Sobia Hanif
Almost a decade has gone by since our involvement in the US-led war on terror and today we are more vulnerable to acts of terrorism and violence than we ever were.
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by Wayne Madsen
Paraphrasing the old anti-Vietnam War song,
“And it’s one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn,
Next stop is Pakistan”
It does appear that for some Pentagon brass, including …
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by Asif Haroon Raja
Civil war in Afghanistan is raging since 1976. It saw relative calm and stability during brief spell of Taliban rule, but peace was snatched away by USA and the country was again …
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ISLAMABAD - Afghan Ambassador Mohammad Omar Daudzai and Saudi Arabia’s top most military commander held separate meetings with the country’s army leadership on Wednesday.
In his meeting with the afghan envoy, Chief of Army Staff General …
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Kabul: Engineer Gulbadin Hikmatyar, Afghanistans former prime minister and head of his own faction of the Hizb-e -Islami, an active insurgent group fighting against US-led forces, has said that the US was responsible of all …
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Headlines of the past decade in Afghanistan have been about the bloodshed, but behind them lies political failure at every level
Ten years ago, as the first American bombs fell on Afghanistan, a Pashtun tribal …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. began the war in Afghanistan with a “frighteningly simplistic” view of the country, and even 10 years later lacks knowledge that could help …
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ISLAMABAD: A special committee of the National Assembly was informed on Wednesday that some foreign countries were providing funds and training to militants to cause unrest in Balochistan.
The assembly`s special …
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Pakistan’s permanent envoy to the United Nations, Abdullah Hussain Haroon, on Thursday criticized the US government for ignoring Pakistan’s sacrifices in the war against terrorism and described the allegations against the country as ‘appalling’.
During his …
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Historic perspective indicates that Afghanistan has never allowed a foreign power to consolidate its occupation. American trajectory indicates that a stable Afghanistan does not suit American interests, thus it has been persistently working for a …
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In the aftermath of 9/11 when George W. Bush junior’s administration decided to invade Afghanistan to get hold of Osama bin Laden, the alleged master mind behind the terrorist attacks, and his protectors, Indian leaders …
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India is a staunch believer of Chanakya, alias Kautilya and his treatise of war the Arthashastra, and is so enamoured by Chanakyan guiles and stratagem of deceit that it has named its diplomatic enclave in …
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President Hamid Karzai’s provocative two-day trip to India this week continues to resonate across the subcontinent. His announcement of an unprecedented strategic partnership with India has put Pakistan on edge, with potentially significant consequences …
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By M. Zainulabedin Ameer
As Pakistanis, history has some rather unpleasant memories for us, but also some valuable lessons. We must learn from these lessons and break our habit of depending on others for support if …
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As America marks the 10th year of war in Afghanistan, the world is calling it the longest and the most expensive US war ever. And as Michael Shank from George Mason University told RT, the …
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A top German general who was instrumental in planning the Bundeswehr’s mission in Afghanistan has said that the intervention has failed and the Taliban will regain power within months of withdrawal. Ten years after the …
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By Kuldip Nayar
I owe it to Barkha Dutt who brought out in a recent programme of hers how 21 Muslim youth from Hyderabad were wrongly implicated in the Mecca Masjid blast. That was not …
