By Zaheeul Hassan [caption id="attachment_2759" align="alignright" width="334"] Brave Pak Army[/caption] On August 14,  2012 Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani as Chief guest addressed a large number of people from all segments of society ,  senior serving and retired civil and military officials in parade ground of  Pakistan Military Academy  at the occasion of sixty fifth Independenc ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan  The U.S. military said on Monday it was disciplining U.S. troops over two incidents that provoked outrage in Afghanistan early this year, one involving a video depicting Marines urinating on corpses and another over burned copies of the Koran. The military said the punishments were administrative, which could include actions such as a reprimand, reduction in rank or forfeiture of ...

 By James M. Dorsey [caption id="attachment_2714" align="alignright" width="169"] Tarir Square Egypt[/caption] Synopsis The rise of Islamist forces in the complicated post-revolt transition in the Middle East and North Africa may have an impact on post-Soviet states in Central Asia, that are still struggling with transition to democracy or have yet to experience popular revolts. Commentary Two years ago, th ...

Asif  Haroon Raja                                                     [caption id="attachment_2670" align="alignright" width="218"] South Asia Conflict Map[/caption] India has been principally responsible for disturbing the peace in South Asia because of its habit of meddling into the internal affairs of its smaller and militarily and economically weak neighbors. Her burning desire to become the unchallenge ...

[caption id="attachment_2655" align="alignright" width="173"] Entrance, PAC Kamra[/caption] Posted By Zaheerul Hassan It was the 27th night of the Islamic month of Ramadan in Pakistan, one of the holiest nights for Muslims worldwide. At around 0200 hours PST, one of Pakistan Air Force's most crucial airbase 'Minhas' which is situated in Kamra city, trembled when its control room received radio calls from a ...

By Zaheerul Hassan [caption id="attachment_2585" align="alignright" width="194"] Kamra Air Base[/caption] Nine armed terrorists equipped with guns and rocket launchers attacked Pakistani air force base before dawn (2:00 Am) on 16 August 2012. Air Force commandos successfully countered and killed all terrorists. The base is known as home to the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex that assembles Mirage and, with Ch ...

    By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_2498" align="alignright" width="207"] Afghanistan[/caption] In the recent years, a series of conferences were held in order to bring stability and peace in Afghanistan before the foreign troops complete withdrawal from that country in 2014. In earlier July, in the Tokyo conference, US-led western nations and institutions pledged $16 billion for the economic deve ...

United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was in Israel this week to talk with Israeli leaders about Iran’s nuclear program. Now the Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot is reporting that Panetta shared America’s contingency plan in case talks with Iran fail to halt its nuclear program. Panetta may have shared the plan to assuage Israeli leaders’ concerns that the United States is putting undue confidence in ...