When the United States officially withdraws from Afghanistan in 2014, it will leave behind a neighbourhood that is even more unstable than it was a decade ago. Washington has failed to achieve permanent progress on most of its goals in the region. It is far too early to conclude that the country will fall back under the control of the Taliban - what a post-withdrawal Afghanistan will look like is still uncl ...

Asif Haroon Raja Myth of Osama bin Laden (OBL) was the creation of CIA and none else. CIA gave birth to al-Qaeda and fondly nurtured it throughout its infancy in the decade of 1980s. The ISI had no connectio nwith al-Qaeda, since it was a collection of Arabs collected together by CIA from Arab countries and pushed into the inferno of Afghanistan. CIA would have continued to Nawaz Sharif during his stint in ...

By Richard Leiby ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s premier spy service, stung by lingering suspicions that it was complicit in sheltering Osama bin Laden, said Friday that it deserves credit for helping U.S. intelligence officials locate the hideout where the al-Qaeda chief was killed by American commandos nearly a year ago. “The lead and the information actually came from us,” a senior official with Pakista ...

By Ishaal Zehra Every now and then, in the democratic entity called India, something unusual happens which keeps one amused for so many days. The feeling is almost the same as some magician waves his wand and ‘woof’……. here comes a surprise (which eventually turns out to be a shock at the end of the day) and then another and another and the story goes on. Indian Fake Nuclear TestSome time back Mr. P. K. Iye ...

By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_633" align="alignright" width="279" caption="Al Qaed Chief Osama bin Laden killed on 2 May 2011 (Balck Day)"][/caption] After the 9/11 tragedy, Pakistan joined the US war against terrorism as frontline state with because the country was not only facing acute financial crisis, but also hostile factor of India. Islamabad was also granted the status of non-NATO ally by ...

 By Sajjad Shaukat After the 9/11 tragedy, Pakistan joined the US war against terrorism as frontline state with because the country was not only facing acute financial crisis, but also hostile factor of India. Islamabad was also granted the status of non-NATO ally by Washington because of its successes, achieved by Pakistan’s Army and country’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) against the Al Qaeda militant ...

F Z Khan In celebration of the memory of those who laid their lives so that we may live, this special day – Yaum-e-Shuhada – is a tribute to the indomitable will, stoic courage and an overwhelming love of the nation that resonates in their heart which leads to a secure and peaceful  Pakistan for us to dwell in. Deriving their military virtue from the true spirit of an Islamic ideology, the Armed Forces of P ...

By  Zaheerul Hassan On 27 April 2012, Osama’s chapter closed when  his family comprising of three wives and five children  under escort of heavy contingent of police officers, first dispatched to Islamabad airport and from there  further flown to Saudi Arabia in a chartered aircraft provided by Saudi Government. Former CIA agent, head of family and leader of Al-Qaeda “Osama bin Laden” has been killed in a s ...