By Asif Haroon Raja Looking into the history of Pak-US relations spread over six decades one finds that the US relationship was always transitory in nature. After the death of Liaquat Ali in October 1951, regionalism raised its ugly head and it became easier for the US to expand its perverse influence in Pakistan because of self-serving mini-mind leaders. The US influence over Pakistan has remained ever pe ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat Pakistan’s armed forces have been coping with internal and external challenges of grave nature in order to maintain the security of the country. Externally, these forces have equally been responding to India’s aggression at the Line of Control (LoC). Recently, tension between India and Pakistan has accelerated, as the former set off a series of unprovoked cross-border firings at the LoC. ...

By Dr. Godfrey L. Garner The United States is poised to commit another egregious error in Afghanistan which will surely, further sully our steadily diminishing status as a world leader. Continuing down this road will result in a total eradication of the dwindling trust other countries have in America as a nation to which they can turn in times of need. The real harm however will be one that Americans can si ...

An Indian court has ordered the arrest of 16 politicians and community leaders for inciting deadly religious violence in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The politicians - from India's ruling Congress party, the main opposition BJP and other regional parties - are among 69 people wanted over the riots. Nearly 50 people died in the Hindu-Muslim clashes which erupted on 7 September in the town of Muzaffar ...

Security forces killed five men Wednesday near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, officials from the two countries said, though they offered conflicting claims over whether the dead were militants or cattle farmers. The men had crossed the porous border to get fodder for their cattle when Afghan security forces killed them, Pakistani official Taj Mohammed said. Mohammad is a deputy commissioner in ...

  Mohammad Jamil Militants seem to have learnt the ropes so far as political maneuvering and strategic planning are concerned. They use every ruse and subterfuge to achieve their objectives. The TTP had offered peace talks to the newly elected government, but after the drone strike killed Wali-ur-Rehman, the TTP withdrew the offer. Now the spokesman of the banned organization has said that the TTP never mad ...

Sandeep Unnthan In November 2011, the Indian Navy was particularly incensed with what a US naval lieutenant had posted on a blog. The unnamed lieutenant, who spent four days on destroyer INS Delhi in the Arabian Sea as part of an exchange programme, called the Indian crew "generally clueless", with "almost zero seamanship skills". It was a long, harsh critique of what he saw on the frontline warship. At the ...

[caption id="attachment_9176" align="alignnone" width="640"] British Foreign Secretary William Hague (L), French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (C) and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at a Sept. 16 news conference on Syria in Paris.[/caption] Summary While plans for the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles take shape, the magnitude of the operation should not be overlooked. The effort will ...