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According to recent Pentagon and an independent website reports, combat deaths are on rise in parts of Afghanistan. American military death toll has been the highest in this month of June and they are still counting. There are no confirmed records of...
A vulnerable peace deal is in place in the Swat region of Pakistan's northwest frontier province. For months Pakistani security forces have been fighting Islamic radical groups resulting in hundreds of deaths in the region. As the peace deal is in place...
The Americans are facing a lot of headaches in Afghanistan. Karzai has not prospered beyond being the Mayor of Kabul. The various warlords in the US propped government are secretly at each other's throats. The other NATO allies are not coughing up...
The new Pakistani government under the leadership of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will review Pakistan’s role in the US-led war against terror. Deputy US Secretary of State John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher have...
War is an adventure till bullets pass one by. And of course, one has to be on the winning side. The UK Guardian has reported the Mercian Regiment’s encounters with death in a very breezy, devil-may-dare manner. Everything centres on the British and...
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...
The new face of violence in Afghanistan seems to be the suicide bombers who have become a gruesome reality in the region which has constantly battled long for stability and levelling. One of the recent features that the desperate government and the...
The statement by Michael Semple, a UN official arrested by the Afghan government on Christmas Day last year, brings to the fore many vital aspects of the conflict in Afghanistan.
First and foremost is that there are many Afghan leaders, not only in...
The US and NATO forces are trying out a new strategy to fight the Taliban. It is arming the innumerable tribes that exist in Afghanistan. It is likely to be quite successful as tribal feelings run deep in the country. The idea is similar to the village...
Six years have gone by since the 'War bells' rang in Afghanistan. The US led attacks on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, otherwise christened 'The War on Terror', has assumed various themes at different times during this period. While the initial stages...
Pakistan, said to be the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, has the population of 165 million people in the country. The citizens are divided among several tribal and linguistic groups. The country may be called as a united entity only when we talk about...
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...
Everyone, including most international intelligence, knows that Osama bin Laden's favorite hideouts are Afghanistan and Pakistan. And it is almost clear that the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks is in Pakistan. But Pakistan has persistently been...
Since joining an American-led coalition on the war on terror, Musharraf has faced immense pressure - externally and internally. While the United States wants him to wipe out Islamic fundamentalism from Pakistan, his rivals at home and civilians...
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