After a decade of bloody conflict in Afghanistan the US and its allies have finally acknowledged what Pakistan has been saying for long that the conflict in Afghanistan can only be resolved through talks with the Taliban. President Karzai had a hard time in selling the idea to the Americans too during his Washington’s visit [...]
While delivering a sermon on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramazan at Srinagar’s Jamia Mosque, Mir Waiz Umar Farooq along with the devotees prayed to Allah in unison, “Oh, Allah, Ramazan is the month of blessings, of freedom, bless us and give us freedom from the Indian occupation”. On one of the [...]
Afghanistan is locked for only the second parliamentary elections for the lower house during its last chequered forty years history with hopes for a stabilized Afghanistan. Millions of bonafied registered Afghans would endeavor to cast their votes on 18th September amid extra ordinary security to elect their favorite candidates from amongst a list of 2500 [...]
It was mid-day of 15 September 2010. Television channels were breaking news of alleged firing by protestors on the security forces in the Poonch sector, initial reports indicated three killed and a police vehicle torched. Elsewhere, All Parties moot was taking place in New Delhi to debate clipping or taking away altogether the Armed Forces [...]
Is the religious tolerance in the United States on the decline? A society that always prided itself on freedom, is it wavering on its very foundations? Well! Over time it certainly looks like struggling to re-discover its true identity. The issue here has been the crafting of an issue, the burning of Holy Quran, that [...]
The roaring sounds of the Indian Army’s armoured vehicles and thumping military boots of the Indian soldiers equipped with a complete battle outfit are no more dreadful sights for Kashmiris. The surging death toll in the fresh spate of violence sequel to the re-deployment of the Indian Army in the Kashmir valley is a grim [...]
The Kabul Conference to monitor and support Afghan initiative for reconciliation with the Taliban ended with a 10-page declaration on 20 July 2010. The Conference, ninth in the series since 2001 American led invasion of Afghanistan, was well represented as around seventy luminaries and delegates including US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, UN Secretary General [...]
The fresh wave of confrontation with the oppressed rule of Indian security forces in occupied Kashmir is being seen as another reminder to the United Nations of its unfinished agenda. The international community is closely watching the fresh spate of violence in occupied Kashmir that many analysts say has the potential to destabilize the region. [...]
The hawks amongst the US Law makers want President Obama to be outdone on his Afghan war strategy. Their restlessness is evident through their various comments and views that are often aired in the local and international electronic and print media. Whereas President Obama is under tremendous pressure from his Democratic party to stand firm [...]
As a sequel to the International Conference on Afghanistan in London on 28 January this year, around seventy representatives from around the globe will gather again in Kabul on 20 July to have an appraisal on the progress made in light of the decisions taken therein in London. The delegates would represent their respective governments, [...]
