Posted by Faheem Belharvi (Friday Feature) Muhammad (whose name means "highly praised") was born in Mecca in 570 AD. His father died shortly before his birth, and he lost his mother at the age of six. The young orphan was then raised primarily by his uncle, for whom he worked as a shepherd. At age 9 (some sources say 12), he joined his uncle on a caravan to Syria. As a young man, Muhammad worked as a camel ...

By our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Pakistan strongly rejected the Indian allegation of an attack across the Line of Control (LoC) on its military patrol in which two Indian soldiers were claimed to have been killed. "These are baseless and unfounded allegations", said the Foreign Office. In a statement issued by the Foreign Office, it was maintained that Pakistan was prepared to hold investigations through th ...

Posted by Faheem Belharvi Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - Karachi—The Thar Coal Project which has the potential to change the energy landscape of Pakistan continues to moving slowly the good intentions of the Prime Minister and the country’s economic managers notwithstanding. Stakeholders believe that vested interests are ensuring it does not happen. The cost of the project is a big issue as it would require in ...

This Mapping Document draws on ten expert papers commissioned under the CIDOB project “Sources of Tension in Afghanistan & Pakistan: A Regional Perspective” (STAP RP), together with the analytical outputs of project round table seminars and in-region research (September 2011-November 2012); and interviews with a wide range of stakeholders in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Europe over the same period. The doc ...

Copyright © 2012 by Robert D. Kaplan Maps copyright © 2012 by David Lindroth, Inc. All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Random House, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. RANDOM HOUSE and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. The preface contains material from four earlier titles by Robert D. Kaplan: Soldiers of God ...

    Copyright © 2012 by Robert D. Kaplan Maps copyright © 2012 by David Lindroth, Inc. All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Random House, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. RANDOM HOUSE and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. The preface contains material from four earlier titles by Robert D. Kaplan: S ...

William Byrd Despite interesting patterns from the past and at least superficially striking parallels with the present, policies on Afghanistan have not been adequately informed by an understanding of the country’s history. Nor has the extensive academic literature on Afghan history been translated into policy; on the contrary, much that has been attempted in Afghanistan since late 2001 has been remarkably ...

  [caption id="attachment_2915" align="alignright" width="300"] US threaten Attack on Iran[/caption] Netanyahu: Iran six to seven months from nuclear bomb capability The Israeli premier called the U.S. to spell out limits that Tehran must not cross or else face military action - something Obama has refused to do. By The Associated Press and Reuters September 16, 2012 "Haaretz" -- Israeli Prime Minister ...