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Siachin talks fail again due to Indian obduracy

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THe talks about Siachin have failed again. When Pakistan was focused on defeating the USSR‘s occupation of Afghanistan, the Bharati’s snuck in and cpatured the Siacihin Glacier, an area where there were no military forces. Pakistan has proposed the withdrawal of Bahrati forces and a return to the status quo of the 80s. India has [...]

Siachin talks fail again due to Indian obduracy

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Murder of Saleem Shahzad is reprehensible

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One of my favorite journalists is dead. Pakistan has lost a great columnists and the world has lost a great analyst. Saleem Shehzad was one of those rare souls who  had deep sources within the establishment and also with the Taliban and Al-Quadea communities. He journalism was profound and incisive. His analysis always educated us. [...]

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India tries to compete with China in Africa

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A couple of years ago Fortune magazine published a map of Africa with a Chinese flag on it. That reflected the reality of how Beijing was was building relations with Africa. China’s construction prowess gives it a strong foothold in Africa. According to the Chinese government, up until 2006 it had given $5.74 billion in [...]

India tries to compete with China in Africa

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‘Carefully contrived and Mutually agreed ambiguity’ explodes

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Christina Flair is one of those half-sane voices that at least attempts to comprehend the US-Pakistan relationship and the Pakistani point of view. She argues that the US and Pakistan have the same strategic interests but the tactics are all messed up. Flair then goes on to discuss the “deliberately ambiguous relationship” which “allows Washington [...]

‘Carefully contrived and Mutually agreed ambiguity’ explodes

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Chilly Reception and Stoic Faces

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It used to the the Pakistanis complained about American tin ears–not listening to Islamabad. Now the Pakistanis don’t want to hear what the Americans have to say–especially after Raymond Davis,  Operation Geronimo and daily drone murders. Most media reports depict a frosty reception for Mrs. Hillary Clinton in Pakistan. She was received by a junior [...]

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When US meets Taliban its OK: When Pakistan meets Taliban its the end of the world

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According to press reports the US government have been regularly keeping contacts with and meeting the Taliban leaders and trying to make peace with them. The Purpose of the the meeting is to bypass the US and hold hold peace negotiations with them. What is amazing is the tone of US officials who seem to [...]

When US meets Taliban its OK: When Pakistan meets Taliban its the end of the world

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India fails to stop EU duty waiver for Pakistan

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Whether its floods, earthquakes, nukes, trade, arms or aid, Bharat will always oppose anything and everything that favors Pakistan. The latest battle is on allowing Pakistani textile duty-free into the EU. However this time around, Bharat may find itself isolated in opposing trade concessions to Pakistan. The last three remaining countries that opposed the concessions [...]

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12 million girls aborted in India

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Prof. Prabhat Jha of the Center for Global Health Research, Dalla Lana School of the University of Toronto headed up the team of researchers who included the former Registrar General of India, Jayant K. Banthia. The study found that between four million and 12 million girls are thought have been aborted between 1980 and 2010. [...]

12 million girls aborted in India

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Perparing for Afghan Civil War

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If event are any indication, the artificial state of Afghanistan which was created in 1893 as a buffer between the British Imperial Raj and Roayl Tzarist Russia will begin to break up along ethnic lines again. Before 1893, there was no country known as “Afghanistan”. There was the emirate of Kabul, and many other small [...]

Perparing for Afghan Civil War

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The bloodiest offensive ever

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“Operation Badar” is the code name for the Talibs massive spring offensive in Afghanistan which will resist the last American stand. This is what the Talibs said in April when the operation began “The war in our country will not come to an end unless and until the foreign invading forces pull out of Afghanistan.” [...]

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