Asia burning

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...

Despite of the ‘war against terror’ being the moot cause for invading Afghanistan in 2002 by the United States of America and its NATO allies, amongst the litany of criticisms against the Taliban was the social injustice carried out on the women..

In a latest embarassing spat between the West and the Hamid Karzai government in Kabul, the United States has warned the Afghan government of paralysing international military and civilian operations by cracking down on private security guards...

In an earlier topic regarding NATO's policy over Afghanistan, I had mentioned the growing rift between the member states over the Afghan issue. Many European countries like Germany, Italy, Spain, etc, are facing enormous domestic opposition to troops...

Mass murderers are crying hoarse to abolish capital punishment. Not really because they are against executions as such, but because hypocritical delicacy demands that such executions are not made public. When the Afghan government wants to bring in...

Security in Afghanistan has deteriorated significantly with both coalition and Afghan forces are finding it extremely difficult to erase Taliban from the war ravaged country. Recent reports of Taliban attacks and successes in the south and west of...

The Taliban is growing in strength across the western and southern parts of Afghanistan as winter slowly sets in the war ravaged country. Coalition forces are finding it increasingly difficult to stop the determined Taliban resurgence. With the fall..

September 11,2001, the world changed forever when hijacked planes hit the twin towers of New York, the Pentagon and the open fields of Pennsylvania in what is still the worst terrorist attack on American soil. America's attitude towards the Muslim...

The relations between US and Pakistan have started souring with counter allegations from either side that are gradually leading to fierce altercations on the al-Qaeda refuge in Pakistan and controversies sparked with Obama's comment to strike...

Two targets of US's 'war on terror' viz. Afghanistan and Iraq, but the success is still a far cry, albeit, the troops as well as civilian casualties mount - the reason, of course is changing goals and prolonged stay in the volatile countries. ...