Confused Defence Ministry: stumbling statecraft, security imperilled
These two in reality are the core issues: statecraft and national security; that is why they are central to our concerns, also in part explanatory of the shemozzle that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has made...
Soldiers will guard sleeping comrades in Afghanistan
U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan have assigned “guardian angels” — troops that watch over their comrades even as they sleep — and have ordered a series of other increased security measures to protect troops against possible...
In his important article in the New York Times on March 17, 2012, James Risen summarised the remarkable consensus of the intelligence community in the United States that Iran abandoned its programme to develop nuclear weapons in 2003 and no persuasive evidence exists that...
It seems that 2012 onwards, the world is on the brink of Third World War. All sane and peace loving men would pray that it is averted. For, the horoscope of the times, points towards a global catastrophe in the making. The guns of August 1914 – First World War – paled in front of...
Two US generals met with Pakistan’s army chief on Wednesday in a high-stakes meeting aimed at nudging Islamabad to resume a cooperative relationship with the United States.
It was the first formal discussion among top military commanders since US airstrikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers...
Pakistan is apparently insisting that the United States must stop drone strikes in Fata and has offered to use its own air force to destroy militant hideouts, diplomatic sources told Dawn.
“They say they are willing to use the F-16s to bomb the hideouts,” a senior diplomatic source...
What can’t the US do to us…
The world is being sucked into a vortex of embattlement and warring. The first experiment of this ‘war’ is being conducted on Pakistan. The interesting thing is while the aggressor is the US, the aggression is emanating from all Pakistani quarters. Our...
Though the ongoing crisis involving Iran’s nuclear weapons has consumed the minds of many international policymakers in recent weeks, the chillin the U.S.-India relationship has also become a key concern. Indeed, even therelatively close relationship between President...
Daniel, an 18-year-old from Newham, in London’s east end, has one regret.
“I wish there was more time. More time to have shown them what I really could do.”I asked him: “And what exactly did you do?” “Enough,” he says slowly. “I did enough in what time I had.” I ask again:...
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