Sayed G B Shah Bokhari In his three-part article in The News, titled, ‘The real Balochistan,’ former senator Sana Baloch has mentioned the backwardness and deprivation of the Baloch people. This is looking at the problem in isolation, ignoring the reality that most other parts of the country are also backward and deprived. If Balochistan is a virtual prison because of “thousands of check-posts dotting the p ...

By ELISABETH BUMILLER and MATTHEW ROSENBERG HAILEY, Idaho — The parents of the only American soldier held captive by Afghan insurgents have broken a yearlong silence about the status of their son, abruptly making public that he is a focus of secret negotiations between the Obama administration and the Taliban over a proposed prisoner exchange. The negotiations, currently stalled, involved a trade of five Ta ...

Ali Sukhanver History is going to repeat itself very soon. The people of Pakistan must be ready for another episode like that of the Abbotabad Hunting. Zawahiri is in Pakistan; assured the gracious lady Hilary Clinton talking to media in Kolkata, a few days back. She further said in the same interview, “You have to go over those who are trying to kill you. You have to be focused on that.” Hillary is no doub ...

Jane Harman  We urge all nuclear-capable states to exercise restraint regarding nuclear capabilities, a State Department spokesman said last month after India successfully blasted its new long-range Agni 5 missile into the Bay of Bengal. But he quickly softened the admonishment: “That said, India has a solid non-proliferation record.” Washington’s oddly relaxed approach to India’s nuclear program goes back ...

Zaheerul Hassan United States secretary of State Hillary Clinton on May 6, 2012 (Sunday) arrived in Kolkata on a three-day visit to India. The set agenda of meeting was: (1) to press India on Iran oil imports, (2) Indo-US dialogue on Afghanistan, (3) India to take up US' U-turn on Saeed with Hillary Clinton, (4) meeting West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail ...

 Zaheerul Hassan On May 8 2012, Indian Intelligence agency staged “blast drama” in Banglore with the purpose of displaying solidarity to her strategic partner “US”.  The blast has been carried out when US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is on her three days visit to India.   In this so called blast 15 individuals have got minor injuries. On the promise anonymity sources said that India alleged Lashkar-e- ...

Michael O'Hanlon is a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, specializing in defense and foreign policy issues, and author of the Great Decisions 2012 article Exit from Afghanistan and Iraq. He spoke with Sarah Marion Shore about the current state of the drawdown in both countries. 1. The draft of a new strategic partnership with Afghanistan calls for a decade of continued U.S. presence and financial s ...

By James Joyner UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hinted that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will suffer the fate of Laurent Gbago, Charles Taylor, or Muammar Qaddafi if his reign of violence continues. He declared, “no leader, anywhere, should imagine that he—or she—enjoys impunity for crimes of atrocity.” Speaking at the Atlantic Council Awards Dinner [2], where he received the award for Distinguished In ...