WASHINGTON: The United States and Pakistan are not planning a joint
military operation in tribal areas as Islamabad will not allow foreign
troops on its soil, officials familiar with talks between the two
countries on this issue say.
According to the officials, the two sides have...
There is a need to be categorical about it
The latest terrorist attack at Kamra and the sectarian killings in
August 2012 provide the latest evidence of the continuing threat of
terrorist and armed religious groups. Though their capacity to terrorize
the state and society has declined...
As the UN special rapporteur on human rights and
counter-terrorism has demanded of the United States to open itself up to
independent probe into its use of drone strikes or let the United
Nations do it, Pakistan too has served a strong demarche on it over its
stepped up drone incursions...
US weapons sales more than tripled in 2011, reaching a record high, according to a new congressional report.
The country sold $66bn worth of arms last year, up from $21.4bn in
2010. The previous record had been $31bn in 2009; global arms sales
declined slightly after that because...
Violence in northeast India in mid-July sparked by text-message
rumors of imminent reprisal attacks by Muslims against migrant workers
and minority groups demonstrated a potent new cyber weapon that could be
employed by terrorists, anarchists, and state actors. The speed by
which...
Militants belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
are planning an attack on Central Jail Faisalabad to secure release of
their high-profile accomplices imprisoned there.
Intelligence reports, circulated to the Punjab Home Department,
office of Inspector General...
Indian national auditor's report on India's
nuclear safety has raised concerns over a weak regulatory body, Indian
media reported on Thursday.
In its report on the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board's (AERB) performance
audit, the Comptroller and Auditor General has warned a Fukushima...
Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has finally said what the
world had been waiting to hear for quite some time now. Speaking at the
Azadi Parade at the Pakistan Military Academy over a week ago, he said
that militants were a threat to Pakistan and that the army and...
The Syrian rebellion so far has been stretched out much like the
Libyan rebellion before NATO intervention. Assad is exacting terrible
punishments on the rebels with ruthless calculations and all the damage
that political debacles and high level defections could have caused him...
Pakistan’s army is drawing the ‘red line’ on the operational front at
the commencement of a critical phase of the ‘transition’ in
Afghanistan.
When the army chief in Pakistan speaks, there is always a hush in the
air. The best brains go into huddle and his words get analyzed
threadbare...
The head of the Pakistan military's public relations branch
told The Cable that a new book
claiming a Pakistani intelligence official tipped off the U.S. government about
the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden is false.
A forthcoming book by journalist Richard Miniter claims that a...
Negotiations are the only way forward in Afghanistan. But that
doesn’t mean they will be easy — or that the more pragmatic wing of the
Taliban will have the upper hand.
As the United States accelerates the withdrawal of its combat troops
from Afghanistan, continued violence makes...
NEW DELHI: In a delicate balancing act, India Tuesday renewed its
pitch for universal nuclear disarmament, but underlined that until the
world arrived at “this happy state” it will continue to maintain atomic
weapons as they have helped deter others from attempting nuclear
coercion...
ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday remained tight-lipped over the
probe into the attack on Kamra – one of Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) key
bases – after a group of militants attacked the military installation
last week killing two security officials.
“There was a stony silence...
TV reporter adds: ‘I doubt Obama could say anything that would convince PM to delay a possible attack’
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “is determined to attack
Iran before the US elections,” Israel’s Channel 10 News claimed on
Monday night, and Israel is now “closer than...
In a dramatic essay, Thomas Frank blames Obama’s conciliatory nature for a first term that looked like Bush’s third
This is the point in a presidential election when people begin
talking about the lesser of two evils, when the weaknesses in one’s own
candidate pale in comparison...
Leading Israeli figures including Prime Minister Netenyahu and
Defense Minister Barak have once again begun to make loud noises about
Iran’s nuclear program and the inevitability of an Israeli strike
against Iran to destroy its capacity to enrich uranium. Whether the
Israelis are...
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