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Appeasing India has been a US miscalculation

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Most Americans are against the war in Afghanistan. The base of the Democratic party wants both wars ended. The Democratic Party cannot ignore the ground realities, and it cannot ignore the ticking clock of electoral schedule. It is not in the US interest to antagonize the Pakhtuns and the Pakistanis. It is not in American [...]

Appeasing India has been a US miscalculation

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Pakistan's Block 52 F-16s with BVR make Delhi nervous

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ISLAMABAD, Mar 27 (APP): Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman on Saturday said PAF would start getting the lot of 18 latest version of F-16 fighting falcon aircraft fitted with Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missile system by June this year. Briefing newsmen on the on-going High Mark-2010 Exercise by PAF [...]

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US ready to export drone technology to Pakistan

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The US is expediting transfer of  military equipment to Pakistan. WASHINGTON — Pakistan and the United States wrapped up two days of high-level talks on Thursday, with a raft of economic development initiatives, an agreement to hasten deliveries of military hardware and a promise to put their often mistrustful relationship on a new footing. In [...]

US ready to export drone technology to Pakistan

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Awami League muzzling opponents using farce of 'war crimes'

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The Awami League was responsible for the murder of 30,000 people and the perpetual incarceration of million in more than 70 camps. It is now trying to absolve itself of the war crimes by trying those who were defending their country. Indian rivers are poisoning half the population of Bangladesh. Bangladesh was created in the [...]

Awami League muzzling opponents using farce of 'war crimes'

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Pakistan's Parity with India: Old ghosts haunt Delhi

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Parity: Delhi’s most hated word–in vogue in Washington again! During the 60s Pakistan always asked for parity with Bharat (aka India). It was accorded “parity” or equal status on all international forums. The Bush Administration de-hyphenated the relationship and declared that it would develop an independent relationship with Bharat and Pakistan. It did. However today, [...]

Pakistan's Parity with India: Old ghosts haunt Delhi

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China-Pakistan, Taliban will win in Afghanistan: Ralph Peters

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Ralph Peters of “creating-the-map-of-independent-Balochistan” and then getting it published in a Defense journal continues to write. it seems like Mr. Peters is till living in the 80s, and can see Iran and Afghanistan through the eyes of an old decrepit Cold War protagonist. Mr. Peters in his current article published in an Ultra Right Wing [...]

China-Pakistan, Taliban will win in Afghanistan: Ralph Peters

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Will Hekmatyar join Karzai or fight US forces?

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The Taliban claim they don’t care what Hekmatyar does. “His overall strength is equal to that of one of our smaller provincial commanders,” says a Taliban intelligence officer, speaking on condition of anonymity. “Now he’s presenting himself on a plate to the Americans for money.” They’ve never trusted him anyway, considering him an unprincipled opportunist [...]

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Can delays, $3 billion save the F-35?

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On a test flight over Maryland last week, the Pentagon’s F-35 jet fighter landed vertically for the first time — like a helicopter — as it was vaunted to do. But at just about the same time, its price tag was climbing in the other direction. A Swiss Army knife of the skies, it’s designed [...]

Can delays, $3 billion save the F-35?

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Taliban military strategy: Has it changed?

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KABUL — A decade ago, when the Taliban controlled the Afghan government, their militiamen — barely motivated, untrained conscripts — tried for five years to seize control of the entire country from more moderate forces but didn’t succeed, even with the help of Osama bin Laden’s Arab and other foreign volunteers. Today, although the United [...]

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AC313: China's first locally designed transport helicopter

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China Goes Solo March 24, 2010: China’s first locally designed transport helicopter, the AC313, made its first flight recently. The AC313 is in the same class as the British AW101 (a 15 ton aircraft that can carry five tons of cargo or 20 troops, with a top speed of 300 kilometers an hour and endurance [...]

AC313: China's first locally designed transport helicopter

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