Despite the very effective censorship on the media regarding the military operation in Swat, tales of despair are coming through – especially of those who have lost their families in the artillery and aerial bombardments and of those over two million still trapped in the war zone. Then there are the images of wheat crop [...]
American and European think-tanks and media experts have time and again speculated about the breakup of India and Pakistan. But this time they are not amused. This is because the well-known American Drudge Report has quoted a Russian professor about the coming breakup of the United States of America.
First, what is [...]
Army Chief General Kayani has rightly suggested to the government that it’s not the time to even contemplate the forces pullout from the tribal and Swat region. The recent strategy and the calculated manouvers by the new army chief shows his professionalism and the aptness of his role. It is fully hoped that he will [...]
U.S. policy is not about one individual, and no matter how much faith people place in President-elect Barack Obama, the policies he enacts will be fruit of a tree with many roots. Among them: his personal politics and views, the disastrous realities his administration will inherit, and, of course, unpredictable future crises. But the best [...]
Barack Obama has said that he is not against war, only against stupid wars. One might then reasonably ask if the present war in Afghanistan is not a stupid war. During the election campaign, the president-elect said it was the “right war” (instead of the one in Iraq), and that he would even support opportunistic [...]
Do you know Pakistan has also got a premier? Yes, we have a puppet in our lush Prime Minister House, which has become adept at issuing tasteless and bland statements and has developed a super-natural ability inaugurate different buildings, roads, hospitals, shows, and other things at short notice. That is not all. He has also [...]
Where people once roamed free, the markets were crowded, businesses thrived and life seemed untroubled – Islamabad may never be the same again, so believe the residents. Such are the security concerns that police, paramilitary Rangers, guns and pickets are now the significant features of a town that was known for its peace and quiet.
Gone [...]
Afghans are tough, religious, independent, armed and they have been facing attacks from their North for the last three thousands of years. Whereas the more than two or three years of American generations have been raised in fast food, jazz, casinos, free sex and nightlife and academics. Where Afghans knows what it takes to kill [...]
