Asia burning

Musa Qala lies in northern Helmand province of Afghanistan and was once under Taleban. Eight months ago it was recaptured by the International Assistance Security Force (ISAF) and Afghan troops. Both Afghan government and British wanted to rebuild the...

Above you see the picture of a young woman, Rukhma, who was trafficked across the border from Pakistan to Afghanistan with her three-year-old son. In Pakistan, Rukhma was married to an abusive man who fathered her son, Bilal. Rukhma divorced her...

After years of fighting the Taliban regime and trying to restore order in Afghanistan, American and British troops are largely unsuccessful. It is not the case only in Afghanistan, but is also true of the other places which America had invaded, namely..

China is all set to become the next economic giant who will display its extravagance in the forthcoming Beijing Olympic Games but there is a dark side of China plagued in poverty and illiteracy. For 3.5 Yuan ($0.50) thousands of Chinese children are..

An American diplomat left North Korea on 9th May with boxes of documents (approximately 18,000 secret papers) containing details of two decades of Pyongyang's nuclear secrets. That was the beginning of a process of undoing a long standing...

The truck drivers who risk their lives everyday in Kabul have a singular important question; why can’t the Americans stop this? Once again Taleban are gaining grounds in Afghanistan and are zeroing in on Kabul. This time they are not confronting or...

Are Japan and China inching closer to each other to start a new era of political and diplomatic bonhomie? The inhumane Japanese atrocities on the Chinese during the Second World War had embittered the Chinese towards Japan. However, with time being...

The crisis in Zimbabwe is deepening. The Mugabe governemnt is not allowing the declaration of presidential election results because it is rumoured that he is trailing behind MDC leader, Tsvangirai. What is adding fuel to the fire is that China has..

For 240 years Nepal has been under the rule of the Shah Dynasty, revered as incarnations of the Hindu God Vishnu. In 2001, the then deranged Crown Prince killed most of the Royal Family in a shooting, including his father (King Birendra), and then...

The tribal areas of Pakistan (FATA) are turning out to be the biggest headache for both the US and the fledgling Pakistan government. Experts have been pointing out that the area is slipping out of the hands of Islamabad. Musharraf had tried sending in.