Asif Haroon Raja   Despite Obama’s desperation to declare victory in Afghanistan, triumph is not in sight. The US is now striving to end the war in Afghanistan in a manner that its honor doesn’t get bruised. It wants the world to believe that its troops are abandoning Afghanistan of their own accord after achieving most objectives. While all the power centers in USA undoubtedly want to end the war on a winn ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the past, the conventional forces of a country used to attack on a rival country in order to achieve its strategic aims. But in the modern era of globalisation and technology, a rival country can be invaded through ‘different war’ by employing both lethal and non-lethal weapons of psychological warfare. In this regard, Pakistan has become the target of various attacks such as suicide at ...

Asif Haroon Raja The US and its allies including Britain had initiated war against Afghans with lot of fanfare and had announced victory in December 2001. Having ascertained that Afghan Pashtuns were the real troublemakers in turning Afghanistan into graveyard for invading powers, they were targeted with ferocity with the help of non-Pashtun Afghans. Persecution of Pashtuns was extended to adjoining regions ...

Asif Haroon Raja Afghanistan, one of the poorest nations of the world was crushed by Soviet forces for a decade but in the end had to beat a hasty retreat in utter humiliation. Najibullah left behind to protect Moscow’s interests in post Soviet exit era was brutally killed. The Afghan National Army trained and equipped by Soviet military disintegrated within one year of Soviet departure and got absorbed in ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Renowned Pakistani and Indian media anchors including retired high civil and military officials gathered on December 2, 2012 in New Delhi at a seminar to discuss practical solutions to the bilateral issues like Sir Creek, Siachen, Kashmir dispute etc. under the Aman Ki Asha initiative organised by The Times of India and Pakistan’s Jang Group. The move was part of the Confidence Building Me ...

By Robert Bush New York: Several people, including children, were killed after an unidentified person opened fire in an elementary school in Connecticut on Friday with the shooter now believed to be dead. Reportedly, the shooter was aember of  an   extrmist group of Christian, who used to hate jews. The Hartford Courant reported that the shootings took place in a kindergarten classroom at the Sandy Hook Ele ...

By Michael Arbeiter It is not often that a moreover revered actor will turn to horror after a steady establishment in the film industry. The genre has served as a launchpad for up-and-comers, or a career-long affixation for scream queens and whatever you'd call their male equivalent (shriek geeks?). But with new reverence being fed into horror, a fresh auteristic attitude resulting in creative gems like The ...

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="179"] Faiz Ghazal[/caption] Letter to Editor By FZ Khan Ever since the Fall of Dhaka, a great tragedy of our times, there has, on one side, always been “ehsas-e-ziyan jata raha”-attitude on part of our governments, civil society, intelligentsia and media, and on the other side of the border, the enemy celebrates the ‘big’ victory with heightened vigour and renewed pl ...