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Pakistan’s democracy has opportunity to deliver
General Raheel Sharif – who is credited with prosecuting Pakistan’s most effective fight yet against terror – in North Waziristan and elsewhere along the Afghan border -– has announced that he would retire from the powerful army...Jan 27, 2016 1112 1 -
US seeks Afghan peace roadmap at Pakistan-hosted meeting
The United States, China, Pakistan and Afghanistan explored prospects for a negotiated end to the bloody Afghan conflict, as four nations discussed ways to relaunch talks between the Afghan Taliban and Kabul. Washington believes the reconciliation...Jan 12, 2016 1083 0 -
Syrian suffering – a blot on collective conscience
The heartrending images of skeleton-thin children starving to death in the besieged town of Madaya on Thursday sent another chilling reminder to the world of the unspeakable horrors Syrians have gone through in the last five...Jan 11, 2016 1545 0 -
Energy avenues promise win-win for South and Central Asia
Energy-starved South Asia with a burgeoning population and food-deficient Central Asia with surplus energy, have entered into landmark agreements – known as TAPI and CASA-1000 – in a proposition that promises to be win-win for all....Dec 23, 2015 1305 0 -
What will bring human security to South Asia?
Photo showing 2007 flooding across South Asia is by Anameofmyveryown under creativecommons license via Wikimedia Commons What is keeping South Asia mired in a morass of poverty? Corruption, conflicts, religious extremism, flawed governance, environmental degradation, water issues,...Nov 7, 2015 1679 0 -
White House to host Pakistani leader for high-stakes talks
A reinvigorated push for Afghan stability and Islamabad-New Delhi tensions will be on the agenda, when President Barack Obama hosts Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday for talks, which are also to figure bilateral cooperation towards economic growth,nuclear security...Oct 20, 2015 1063 0 -
US may alter Afghanistan troops plan
President Barack Obama, who has worked toward a total troops withdrawal from Afghanistan by end of next year, may change his plan in the wake of recent insurgent attacks in the country. White House security aides point...Oct 14, 2015 1055 0