Multi-layered web woven around Pakistan

  0 comments   |     by Brig. (Retd) Asif Haroon Raja

After 9/11, a treacherous plan was collectively conceived by USA, Israel, India, UK and Germany to trap Pakistan. The conniving partners decided  not only to occupy Afghanistan and make it permanent military base of USA for the pursuit of multiple strategic and economic objectives in the region, but also to denuclearize, de-Islamize and Balkanize Pakistan through a sustained covert wa

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How Russia Plays the Great Game

  0 comments   |     by Richard Weitz

Russia is playing a careful balancing game in Central Asia – stirring up worries about the U.S. military presence is just part of the game. America’s Russia policy is still very much driven by Cold War thinking and overthrowing regimes for being too “pro-Russian” is still one of its primary goals. The ill-fated colour revolutions are not forgotten. No

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EDITORIAL LISA ISSUE 21

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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta suggested last week that the United States could wrap up combat operations in Afghanistan by the end of 2013, well before the longstanding 2014 deadline when full control is to be ceded to Kabul. Troops would remain in Afghanistan until 2014, as agreed upon at the 2010 Lisbon Summit, and would be engaged in two roles until at least 2014 and perhaps even later

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Pakistan, Russia and The Threat to the Afghan War

  0 comments   |     by George Friedman

Days after the Pakistanis closed their borders to the passage of fuel and supplies for the NATO-led war effort in Afghanistan, for very different reasons the Russians threatened to close the alternative Russia-controlled Northern Distribution Network (NDN). The dual threats are sig

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Chronicling The Hindutva Threat

  0 comments   |     by Ram Puniyani

The phenomenon of rise of Hindutva politics, the politics of RSS and its affiliates, has posed a severe threat to the democratic polity of India, to the rights of Minorities and Dalits. This politics becomes grossly visible in the form of outbursts of violence. But that’s just the superficial part of the phenomenon of Hindutva or for that matter of any politics in the name of religion. It

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Dirty Little Secrets, Duplicity in Afghanistan

  0 comments   |     by Gordon Duff

Open today’s newspaper and get a map of the battle zones in Afghanistan and Pakistan.  You say they aren’t there?  Open today’s newspaper and find out how many troops our enemies have, who their leaders are.  Can’t find that either?  Look in the paper to find out why we are fighting at all.  Not there too?  This isn’t half of it, we ar

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India's Strategic Footprint in Central Asia: Part I

  0 comments   |     by Saurav Jha

India’s engagement with Central Asia on strategic military concerns is gathering pace, with visits by high-ranking Indian defence officials and security cooperation deals underscoring the immense value New Delhi attaches to its growing military relationship with the region. The strengthened Indian presence in the area is driven by New Delhi’s desire not only to protect its emerging

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Ever Suffering Dalits

  0 comments   |     by Rahul Kumar Balley

No doubt ,India is making progress by leaps and bounds in every sector but the condition of the Dalits in India is deteriorating day by day in the society .Development of any nation has no meaning when a particular section of the society such as the downtrodden are socially & economically segregated from the mainstream . The situation is critical when we measure the overall development of t

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U.S. Wants To Incorporate India into Global Missile Shield

  0 comments   |     by Press trust of India

Washington: Weeks after offering to sell its F-35 fifth generation fighter jets, the US said on Wednesday it was open to work with India on joint development of a ballistic missile shield.

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Indian Republic Day Celebrations

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Srinagar, MTT News Desk: Complete strike was observed in Jammu & Kashmir as Kashmiris on both sides of the Cease Fire Line (CFL) and across the world marked India’s Republic Day as Black Day.

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