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Sochi Summit August 2010: Russia sponsors Tajikistan, Pakistan trilateral meet

Posted on 27 July 2010.

The Cold War is over. Introducing one of the few countries in the world which has a close friendship with both China and a strategic relationship with the US (at least for Afghanistan)–and is now developing a relationship with Russia. A few months back Russia proposed the funding of a road and rail link from [...]

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NYT comes swinging: Attempt to spoil Afghan-Pakistan entente

Posted on 26 July 2010.

The New York Times posted the Wikileaks on the Pakistan-link-to-Taliban on its front page, but neglected to post the Iran-support-to-Taliban-Gulbaddin on the site. The Wikileaks is an attempt by the Neocons and their acolytes to try to sabotage the growing entente between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The main player to benefit from a break in Afghan-Pakistani [...]

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Keep Building the Mosque

Posted on 26 July 2010.

Keep Building the Mosque

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Posted in Current Affairs, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel.29 Comments

Fox's "Muslim Against NYC Mosque" in reality is a Christian

Posted on 26 July 2010. Tags: Fox News, Ground Zero Mosque

Fox’s “Muslim Against NYC Mosque” in reality is a Christian

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How Pro-Pakistani Geelani can shut down Kashmir

Posted on 26 July 2010. Tags: Geelani, Hindustan, Kashmir, Pakistan

One again Bharati occupied Kashmir was shut down on “Ilhaq e Pakistan” Day. In droves the Kashmiris protested the Bharati occupation.

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WP supports ROZ bill: Decries Stalled help for Pakistan

Posted on 26 July 2010.

ENDING THE terrorist presence in Afghanistan and Pakistan is a vital national interest of the United States. Yet even where U.S. troops and their regional allies clear insurgents from the countryside, the job is at most half-done. Economic opportunities must rapidly follow. Otherwise, local populations may reject central government authority, and the Taliban, al-Qaeda and [...]

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Wikileaks: Iran arms, finances, trains, equips Taliban insurgents

Posted on 26 July 2010.

According to leaked US reports, Iran has been arming and supporting the Afghan National Resistance (aka Taliban). This should not be news to seasoned Afghanistan watchers. It should be news to the Delhi analysts who have been trying to solicit Iranian support in opposing the Taliban. Delhi was so much off the mark that it [...]

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The Fraying Iranaian Russian relationship

Posted on 26 July 2010. Tags: Iran, Russia

Russia has supplied uranium to Iran in the past Russia and Iran seemed to be good friends, but in recent weeks the relationship has unravelled. Since 1991, Russia has been a major supplier of modern arms to Iran. The Russian-built nuclear power plant in the southern Iranian city of Bushehr is due to finally come [...]

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Posted in Current Affairs, US CA3 Comments

Holbrooke rebuts Zakaria: US not against Kabul-Islamabad talks

Posted on 26 July 2010.

WASHINGTON: After setting terms for the Afghan reconciliation process, the United States said on Sunday it would encourage direct talks between Pakistan and Afghan President Hamid Karzai. President Karzai’s meeting with Pakistan’s top security officials “is a good thing, not a bad thing”, Richard Holbrooke, the US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, said. In [...]

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US-UK-Pakistani 'teams drafting new future for Afghanistan-region'

Posted on 26 July 2010.

“Kayani-Pasha with the American trio of Hillary-Holbrooke-Petraeus – occasionally, Mullen and a comparatively novice Cameron-Hague teams will be drafting a new future for Afghanistan and the region”.
In the wake of all the recent developments, it is transpiring that for America, all future roads pass through Afghanistan.