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 ...

SajjadShaukat                                                                  During his three-day visit to the United States, the DG of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam met CIA Director David Petraeus and senior American officials including lawmakers, especially emphasising upon them to halt drone attacks on Pakistan’s tribal region. It was his first official visit and of any ...

 Asif Haroon Raja Before the attacks on Kabul on 13 September 2011 and murder of Burhanuddin Rabbani on 20 September by the Taliban, the US was counting on Pakistan for a breakthrough in talks with Haqqanis led by Sirajuddin. Some meetings between Sirajuddin and America Officials Signing Restoration of NATO Supplyn officials had been arranged by ISI in some Gulf States to arrive at a political settlement. B ...

            By Sajjad Shaukat With the official backing of the government, during the anti-Muslim riots, intermittent massacre of Muslims by Hindus has become a permanent feature of India. In the last few years, more than 3,000 unnamed graves of the innocent Muslims, found in mutilated forms were discovered in the various areas of the Indian occupied Kashmir. Notably, human rights groups have [caption id="a ...

By Ray McGovern Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's strong pro-Israel statements over the weekend, including his endorsement of Jerusalem as Israel's capital (a reversal of long-standing U.S. policy), increases the pressure on President Barack Obama to prove that he is an equally strong backer of Israel. The key question is whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister E ...

Asif Haroon Raja When George W Bush decided to invade Afghanistan, outwardly he pretended that the purpose was to avenge 9/11 attacks allegedly perpetrated by Osama bin Laden led al-Qaeda based in Afghanistan and to free the world from the menace of terrorism and to prevent 9/11 like attacks to recur. The US hidden motives were however altogether different. After regime change, [caption id="attachment_2357" ...

By Philip Giraldi The Passionate Attachment Why I don’t like Mondays?-------Sometimes it’s better to sleep in on Monday morning. I had carefully avoided two [caption id="attachment_2317" align="alignright" width="216"] U.S.-Israel Flags[/caption] appearances on FOX and CBS by Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday morning talk shows but should have expected that the wisdom imparted by the great Israeli statesman woul ...

Sajjad Shaukat Pak-US relations deteriorated in 2009 when as part of US espionage network, hundreds of the American CIA spies entered Pakistan under the guise of diplomats who began anti-Pakistan activities through their affiliated militants by supervising andguiding them. On many occasions, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) helped in stopping the secret movements of the CIA spies who were traveling in vehi ...