Archive for June, 2020

Undeclared Ecological Warfare: The India-China dispute, a ‘biopsy’ analysis

We understand war through the sound of bullets and the sight of dead bodies of soldiers. If someone asks the people of the border areas, many facets of the war will be revealed, beyond media coverage, official reports, and hyped-up patriotism. War can sometimes take the form of a flash flood or that of a drought. These are not wars […]

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Sindh: Hardening Separatism

On June 19, 2020, a hand grenade was lobbed targeting a Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) vehicle in Liaquatabad area of Karachi (Karachi District), the provincial capital of Sindh, killing two Rangers personnel and injuring four others.

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Punjab: Narco-Terrorist Surge

India’s premier investigation agency, mainly tasked with investigation of terrorism cases, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), is currently investigating two cases of narco-terrorism in Punjab, one registered in 2019 (RC-18/2019/NIA/DLI), and the second in 2020 (RC-03/2020/NIA/DLI). Following are the details of the two cases:

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Is it PM’s surrender to China ? Or is it subservience to US Strategy of Congress and others?

This is part-2 of an article on India-China face-off, after the violent clash of June 15 night.

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Seven dead in attack on Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi

At least seven people including four attackers died after gunmen attacked Karachi’s stock exchange building on Monday morning.

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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Suggests Osama Bin Laden Was a Martyr

Prime Minister Imran Khan was criticized for using a term of veneration in Islam when referring to the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.

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Pakistan Sentences 5 Men for al-Qaida Links

A court in Pakistan Friday convicted and sentenced five men for being members of al-Qaida and supporting terrorism.

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Afghanistan war: Russia denies paying militants to kill US troops

Russia has denied reports that it offered Taliban-linked militants bounties to kill US troops in Afghanistan.

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‘There hasn’t been rehabilitation’: Afghanistan struggles with fate of ‘Daesh wives’

The Afghan government is facing hard decisions over the futures of hundreds of detained radicalised women and their children.

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US watchdog: Afghan gov’t weakened ahead of Taliban talks

A U.S. watchdog warned that “systemic” corruption within the Afghan government is weakening its bargaining position in upcoming peace negotiations with the Taliban, even as the insurgents said Thursday they were ready and had compiled their agenda for the long-awaited talks.

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