ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — At least 16 people were killed when a powerful bomb ripped through a vegetable market in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan early Friday, officials said. At least nine of the dead were Hazaras, a Shiite Muslim minority group that has repeatedly been the target of Sunni extremists.
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Tirupathi Factor: Unbreakable Symbol of Sri Lankan politician’s spiritual dependence of India
Man’s association with faith is the most inexplicable thing in the world which gives no clues of comprehending its very nature. Even the most powerful men in world history were known to be shaky and crumbled before the creed they ardently believed. In the annals of Roman history we find emperors like Hadrian who was extremely obsessed with Hellenic culture […]
Read more ›India’s latest terrorist attack proves the durability of communist fanaticism
It’s easy to deride communism as a morally bankrupt ideology that naturally leads to despotism and human suffering. It’s easy, because it’s easily provable. Still, communism retains durable support in certain parts of the world, and its adherents, as ever, tend to be violent fanatics.
Read more ›Dozens of Afghan Forces and Taliban Killed as Violence Spikes Ahead of Talks
Dozens of Afghan forces and Taliban fighters were killed in overnight fighting across Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday, as violence intensified ahead of another round of peace efforts to end the 18-year-old war.
Read more ›India to Draft Space Doctrine After Successful Anti-Satellite Missile Test
On 27 March, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the completion of a successful test of the country’s anti-satellite (A-SAT) missile capability.
Read more ›Pakistan says it has intelligence of new Indian attack this month
Pakistan has “reliable intelligence” that India will attack again this month, its foreign minister said, drawing condemnation from New Delhi which described the claim as irresponsible.
Read more ›Afghans Name Council to Ease Logjam on Talks With Taliban
In a sign that a logjam in Afghanistan over entering peace talks with the Taliban could be easing, the Afghan government announced Sunday that it had named a council of senior political leaders who will appoint negotiators, create their mandate for talks and oversee their work.
Read more ›Taliban Attack Kills Dozens
KABUL, Afghanistan — A large attack by the Taliban in western Afghanistan on Thursday killed at least 30 soldiers and police officers, Afghan officials said, in a sign of intensifying spring fighting across the country despite American efforts to reach a peace deal. Hundreds of Taliban fighters stormed the center of Bala Murghab District in Badghis Province in the predawn […]
Read more ›India, Pakistan, and a Planet in Peril
It’s still the most dangerous border on Earth. Yet compared to the recent tweets of President Donald Trump, it remains a marginal news story. That doesn’t for a moment diminish the chance that the globe’s first (and possibly ultimate) nuclear conflagration could break out along that 480-mile border known as the Line of Control (and, given the history that surrounds […]
Read more ›Afghan vice president survives Taliban assassination attempt
KABUL — Taliban insurgents repeatedly ambushed the convoy of Vice President Abdurrashid Dostum and killed two of his guards, Afghan officials said Sunday, but the powerful former warlord escaped injury. Dostum, a military general and member of Afghanistan’s Uzbek minority, was traveling in the north of the country when his heavily armed entourage came under fire. “By the grace of […]
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