KABUL: A series of deadly attacks by Afghans in army and police uniform on the NATO-led forces in Afghanistan proved in part Taliban penetration into the fledgling Afghan security forces, analysts believe. In the latest attacks, three soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Fo...
There were celebrations on March 23, as usual, but not for what the day really signifies since Independence.The Muslim League Working Committee decided on February 22, 1941, that March 23 would be celebrated every year to publicize the Pakistan Resolution, which was moved at the Muslim League conven...
The defense relies on the plea of sudden and grave provocation in cases of honor offences and pleads for a lesser sentence on mitigating circumstancesThe Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (RSICC) defines crimes against humanity as a category of various offences that are committed as p...
Seems simple enough, but at what point does something cross the threshold from the simple design found in nature to second-order design produced only by intelligence? Mathematician William Dembski illustrates the difference by having us visualize a rat trying to go through a maze.In a simple maze, t...
An Afghan Villager Who Lost 11 Members of His Family Describes What He Found. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: Mohammed Wazir says he was having breakfast with his brother in the town of Spin Boldak when he received the phone call from his village three hours away. "All your family members are martyred," a n...
From media reports, it is clear that America’s hold on Afghanistan is unraveling and our military faces defeat. The recent rampage of a U.S. soldier was the last straw for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the people of his country and war-weary American citizens. The Obama administration has begun sea...
In formal negotiations set to begin Thursday, Afghan officials are expected to press their U.S. counterparts for veto power over controversial night raids on Afghan homes as well as warrants signed by a judge before the operations are carried out. Despite substantive differences, officials on both...
John McCain (R-Ariz.), Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. A series of tragic events in Afghanistan has increased the desire of a war-weary public to end our mission there. As heart-wrenching as these events have been,...
WASHINGTON: The top commander in Afghanistan said Thursday he prefers a robust U.S. combat force of 68,000 in 2013, signaling a potential halt in the drawdown and complicating any effort by President Barack Obama to accelerate the timetable after more than a decade of war. "My opinion is that we wi...
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday his government was pressing to end divisive NATO night raids in negotiations with the United States on a long-term strategic pact, saying some past operations had violated Afghan sovereignty. The increasingly assertive Afghan leader's admonition...
Festivals, whether religious or cultural, have always fascinated me and being a devout advocate of coexistence I enjoy celebrating Christmas, Eid, Navroz and Diwali with my friends — an act which is unfortunately officially ‘extinct’ now.The festival of Holi, which remains one of my favorites, took ...
The argument begins with this question: why should science and religion be kept separate? The answer depends on what you believe; however, let me present my case in favor of the separation of science and religion.Science is the study of nature and how it functions. The beauty of science is that when...
Focus on Pakistan’s non-compliance of UN Conventions in Human Rights Council’s Debate on Durban Declaration in GenevaUN Human Rights Council, Nineteenth session, March 2012Agenda item 9: General Debate on Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up and imple...
KABUL: The United States and its allied nations would not leave Afghanistan at lurch as expected or predicted by some people, an Afghan analyst said. "It is a naive opinion to say that U.S. would withdraw all its forces from Afghanistan," Kabul University professor and political analyst Syed Masou...
As international forces leave Afghanistan, neighboring countries stand to gain enormous sums of money. How much? The United States today pays $500 million a year in transit fees to send military materiel through Central Asian states to Afghanistan. Now, that amount will rise as Washington and ot...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: None of the Afghans who witnessed the March 11 massacre of 16 villagers has reported personally seeing more than one shooter, despite claims that many U.S. soldiers took part in the killing, two Afghan officials said Wednesday. Afghan villagers disputed U.S. statements that ...
In presence of western officials, Afghan president's chief of staff and senior diplomat accused each other of spying. Kabul, Afghanistan: The increasing influence of a conservative circle within President Hamid Karzai's palace has impeded progress in signing a crucial strategic agreement with the U...
KABUL : In a quiet corner of the Afghan capital, dining tables are covered with traditional fabrics, a man on the piano plays Frank Sinatra, and expatriates munch on food that can usually only be found back home. Unlike other restaurants catering to Afghanistan's large expatriate community, the Afg...
Former princess and life-long humanitarian Hindia d'Afghanistan has been named Radio Azadi’s “Person of the Year” in Afghanistan. The 83-year old daughter of Afghanistan’s King Amanullah has devoted the last ten years of her life -- and most of her family’s wealth -- to rebuilding her country after ...
The Caribou airlifter flies so low through the mountains and valleys of eastern Afghanistan that it’s invisible from the ground … until it’s right on top of you. The Vietnam-era, twin-engine cargo plane with the cranked wings and bulbous nose appears suddenly, racing just a couple hundred feet over ...
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A cooler century? Wait and see
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Noam Chomsky: Obama Was Willing to Start Nuclear War to Kill bin Laden
"Raw Story" - MIT Professor Noam Chomsky criticized the killing of al...
