By Hari Singh India established a dedicated external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). Founded mainly to focus on China and Pakistan, over the last forty years the organization has expanded its mandate of breeding terrorist activities all over the world especially in Afghanistan. ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi Tuesday, March 05, 2013 - There is no doubt that the Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan is not just a conflict of unfinished partition plan approved by the King and the British parliament, but history shows it was all done by design and thus a legacy of British colonial rule; today it has a central place in the troubled relationship of the two neighbors India and Pakistan ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi Saturday, March 02, 2013 - Senator Chuck Hagel has sworn in on Wednesday as Secretary of Defence replacing Leon Panetta, who has been a source of pain for Pakistan, first as CIA chief and later as Secretary Defence. Of course, Chuck Hagel is likely to pursue the policies of the government, but it appears that President Obama wants to change his policy with regard to Israel and Iran ...

Posted by Tommy Francis Sunday, March 03, 2013 - US Secretary of defense designate Chuck Hagel suggested in a previously unreleased 2011 speech that India has for many years sponsored terrorist activities against Pakistan in Afghanistan. In a speech, delivered at Oklahoma’s Cameron University, Chuck Hagel said: “India for some time has always used Afghanistan as a second front, and India has over the years ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi Monday, March 04, 2013 - United States has its fixed policies and objectives, which always revolves around its national interests. This is irrespective of the fact that who guards the White House; Democrats or Republicans. In the context of South Asia or Subcontinent, there is yet another misperception that some officials within the US administration are either pro-India or pro-Pak ...

A bomb attack in Pakistan’s largest city Karachi on Sunday killed at least 45 people, including women and children, and wounded 50 others, police said. The blast hit close to an area dominated by Shias, senior police official Ghulam Shabir Sheikh said, though he said that the target of the attack was not immediately clear. “At least 45 people have been killed and more than 50 injured. The bomb also badly da ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi Friday, March 01, 2013 - Despite a long drawn and contentious nomination process, twice wounded Vietnam War veteran Chuck Hagel has finally been confirmed by the Senate as the new US Secretary of Defense, succeeding Leon Panetta. Chuck Hagel’s narrow 58 to 41 vote confirmation came about after delays because of objections to his views on Middle East security and the administration’ ...

New analysis from Environmental Working Group shows carcinogenic chemical lurking in nation's public water  - Andrea Germanos, staff writer When you pour yourself a glass of tap water or even take a shower, you may be among over 100 million Americans exposing yourself to carcinogenic, "toxic trash." Chemicals linked to a range of health problems including bladder cancer and birth defects have been found mun ...