Hazaras on the firing line in Balochistan
Pakistan's security forces have a heavy presence in Quetta and throughout Baluchistan and are notorious for their brutal methods, including “disappearances” and extra-judicial killings. Sections of the...
View ArticleTalks In Paris About Talking Afghan Peace
.The semi-secretive nature of the Paris meeting on December 20-21 meant that little emerged about what was discussed. It was clear, however, that few concessions were on offer. The conference was the...
View ArticleObama discusses with Karzai plans for 2014
After their summit meeting on Jan11, President Obama of the USA and President Karzai of Afghanistan held a press conference at the East Room in the White House. Here is the transcript
View ArticleCentral Asian nations need good border management to avoid periodical turmoil
Skirmishes earlier this week in a pocket of Uzbek territory inside Kyrgyzstan over location of electricity poles highlight the difficulty of managing post-Soviet borders, especially in places like the...
View ArticleWhat is Pak Judiciary upto….
It may be a judicial coincidence but the orders for the arrest of Prime Minister Ashraf have given a boost to the Qadri campaign. It has given a fresh lease to speculation about a ‘soft coup’ by the...
View ArticleNew Pressure Mounts on Rajapaksa
America’s strategic goals notwithstanding, like India, the US stood by Rajapaksa and helped him to eliminate the Tamil Tiger scourge. Both Delhi and Washington were guided by the dangers posed by...
View ArticleThreats To Media In Sri Lankan
New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has characterized Sri Lanka as “highly restrictive and dangerous nation for the press.” Reporters Without Borders placed Sri Lanka at 162 in its Press...
View ArticlePakistan transfers strategic Gwadar port to China
What a military dictator did not do, a civilian government did in Pakistan and it's transferring the strategic Gwadar port in the politically volatile Baluchistan Province to China. This decision is...
View ArticleWill Iran lunch a nuclear attack on Israel ...?
One way to make Iran suspend its N-programme is diplomatic effort through negotiations. the other is economic sanctions to make Iran to compromise. While diplomatic efforts have not yielded results,...
View ArticleWhy B'desh garment factories are turning into infernos...?
Bangladesh has about 4,500 garment factories, employing around 3.6 million workers—80 percent of whom are female. Most of them earn about $43 a month, Since Tazreen fire, MNCs have increased purchases...
View ArticleNasheed walks into Indian embassy in Male
“Mindful of my own security and stability in the Indian Ocean, I have taken refuge at the Indian High Commission in the Maldives,” Nasheed tweeted
View ArticleStandoff in Male ends, Nasheed rejoins his supporters
India perceived its position in Male not as a crisis manager but as a well-wisher of a friendly nation, which is keen to see return of Maldives to normal political life.
View ArticleNepal in poll mode; CJ takes reins of Govt
“The main objective of my government shall be to conduct free and fair Constituent Assembly elections at the earliest," Regmi said after assuming office. The election should be held by June 21 as per...
View ArticleNasheed freed, his trial to be deferred until Prez elections
President Waheed may not like any more adventurism for the present. He has a fragile political base and its limitations have been exposed on the floor of Majlis, the parliament as he was settling...
View ArticleSL: Developments on ground to guide India's stand in Geneva
The mood during the four-hour debate in the Indian parliament was deeply hostile towards Sri Lanka as allegations of torture and rape inflamed sentiments.
View ArticleNorth-east Insurgent groups are getting arms from China
The changes in the political landscape of North-east India have stuck a blow to the insurgents. And made them come to the negotiating table. The Mizo rebel group, MNF was the first to see to writing on...
View ArticleTaliban, Jirgas stand in the way of polio vaccination in Pak tribal belt
The reasoning given against vaccination is ingenious, to say the least. “Polio infects one child in a million, but hundreds of Waziri women, children and elders have been killed in drone strikes', say...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Unchecked Opium Production in Uruzgan
Authorities say they are powerless to act even though they know opium poppy is being grown on large tracts of land.
View ArticleBamboo Capitalist on the prowl in Central Asia
Beijing wants to tap region’s energy resources, and is prepared to fund and build pipelines to get them.
View ArticleAfghans Unimpressed by Pakistan Talks
Many analysts say pledges of good faith from Islamabad are not to be trusted, since its real strategy involved controlling Afghanistan by providing covert assistance to the Taliban to undermine security.
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