George Packer writes in the December 15th issue of the New Yorker about the Mumbai 26/11. It makes a timely and interesting reading of the American mind about the terrorism, Pakistan and the U.S.
A few days after well-armed men mowed down...
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The European Parliament has Called upon the Government of Pakistan to take urgent action to transform its polity to prevent the continuing calls for violent jihad against its neighbours and its partners. In a written declaration on terrorists operating...
The poppy cultivation is the most lucrative trade in Afghanistan, inspite of the legal ban on the crop cultivation and risks involved in business. It is one of the largest contributors of drug exports throughout the world and the recent boom in opium.
History has a way of repeating itself. And also ways in which events in the world occur synchronously. In 1066 AD the French swamped England and imposed their culture and ethos on the unsuspecting Anglo-Saxons. British culture as we know it today is..
It was recently pointed out that Bangladesh is being run by Mafioso-style leaders who do not care for the poor. Terrorists wax eloquent about the larger causes they profess to espouse, only to choose murder as the right path to silence all...
A nation which hates its own sons is lost. And we are not talking of any ordinary person, but of the legendary Imran Khan. A few years ago the whole of Pakistan went gaga over this man's cricketing. Now Pakistanis are mute spectators when President..
The International Energy Agency warned that demand for oil imports by China and India will almost quadruple by 2030 and could create a supply 'crunch' as soon as 2015 if oil producers do not step up production, energy efficiency fails to improve and...
General Musharraf just wants to live. He has long ago given up bothering about power. He knew he was dead man walking when the right-wing fundamentalists in Northern Pakistan bayed for his blood. That was when he had wanted to depose the now under...
With the security and political situation across Pakistan worsening by the day, there is every chance that the country's leaders, opposition and the army could get into an ugly political quagmire. The return of influential former Prime Minister...
The last time that Buddhist monks in Myanmar staged street protests calling for democracy was in 1988 when the noble uprising was severely crushed by the dictatorial military regime. But this time, it's hugely different. The monks have been staging..
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