If I am asked to use one word that describes Pakistanis most accurately, I would be compelled to respond with ‘fatalistic’. No other country has faced as much and varied chaos — natural and manmade — as we have; from drone attacks to floods, targeted killings, earthquakes, suicide bombings, honor ki...
The Islamic culture of segregation of sexes was based on early marriages that sought to curtail sexual frustration, but economic pressures and evolving social attitudes are rapidly changing this tradition.Those living in urban areas, particularly the educated middle class, are in their 30s when they...
KABUL, Afghanistan: Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday after the deadliest day for civilians this year, caused in part by a NATO airstrike the day before in which Afghan officials say 18 women and children were killed. President Hamid Karzai condemned the strike i...
Millions of dollars of U.S. gear meant to combat the threat of roadside bombs is being wasted in Pakistan which refuses to let the equipment leave its customs warehouses. The U.S. procured 110 IED jammers for the Pakistani military at a cost of nearly $23 million in 2009 in an effort to ease the t...
With the United States and Nato set to leave Afghanistan over the next two years, power is the region is shifting. Writer Ahmed Rashid reports on Russia and China's attempts to capitalise on the decline of American influence in Pakistan and Afghanistan. As United States troops prepare to leave Afg...
As the United States winds down its military engagement in Afghanistan, optimism is growing about the role India can play to stabilize and develop the country. This week, visiting United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta encouraged Indian leaders to take a more active role in Afghanistan, i...
ISLAMABAD: The impending withdrawal of U.S.-led NATO combat troops from Afghanistan is raising worries next door in Pakistan, where a growing number of experts are warning that the forces’ departure could reinvigorate a domestic insurgency that Pakistan’s military is barely keeping at bay. As Pres...
Abu Yahya al-Libi is universally admired in jihadist circles and among the younger generation of al Qaeda leaders. Charismatic, intelligent, a religious scholar - and with the extra qualification of having escaped from U.S. custody in Afghanistan – his loss is "a cataclysmic blow" to al Qaeda, accor...
KABUL:"It really disappointed me to see my girl laid down unconscious on a bed in hospital to receive medical treatment. It is a matter of concern for me and other parents sending their kids to school," Abdul Qayum, father of an affected girl, said in a hospital in the northern Takhar province. Th...
NEW DELHI: India’s coalition government just celebrated the third anniversary of its tenure with a self-congratulatory banquet that could not have been more poorly timed: India’s currency, the rupee, is falling; investment is down; inflation is rising; and deficits are eating away at government coff...
KABUL: The war-weary Kabulis bear numerous challenges including environmental problems and ecological contamination besides the protracted war and insurgency. "These brick kilns are sending thick black smoke to the sky regularly, 24 hours a day without any break," said Abdul Wodud, a resident of D...
WASHINGTON : With the end in sight for Hamid Karzai’s days in office as Afghanistan’s president, members of his family are trying to protect their status, weighing how to hold on to power while secretly fighting among themselves for control of the fortune they have amassed in the last decade. One ...
Taliban-forced school closures and attacks have presented a big problem in Afghanistan. Residents in Andar are rebelling against the Taliban, but that doesn't mean that they are siding with the government. A group of villagers in eastern Afghanistan took up arms against the Taliban and say they’ve...
“Innovation economy” has a hidden catalytic aspect. The improvement in communication, advances in technology and explosion of software has leveled the playing field allowing more and more countries to participate and compete for the needs and demands of the global market.News that boasted my optimis...
Sanskritisation and Arabisation are quite similar. Both are based upon the premise of an original, pristine culture sans any latter day pollution. Both these movements rest upon artificial constructs and essentially feed off each otherMy first introduction to Arabisation of Indian Muslims was about ...
Islamic fundamentalism in the modern political context can be described as an attempt to attain an ‘Islamic State’ through political mobilization, revolutionary action or government legislation.Even though, ever since the 1980s, Islamic fundamentalism in this context has rapidly evolved into meaning...
Kot Fateh Khan is one of the very important villages in Fateh Jang Tehsil of Attock district and noted for historical monuments belonging to Muslims and Sikhs. Three-domed mosque, which is believed to have been built by Sardar Fateh Khan during the British period, marks the landscape of village and ...
Come tax time, the last thing you want to have to worry about is someone else stealing your hard-earned refund. Unfortunately, that's exactly what happens to hundreds of thousands of folks who file their taxes online or through the mail every year. In 2011, the IRS detected and blocked over 250,000 ...
Power cuts are routine in Pakistan, which cannot meet its energy demand, but environmentalists insist 'dirty' coal is not an option Perween Riaz, a housemaid and mother of five, moved into her two-room abode in Neelam Colony, one of several informal settlements in Karachi, in Sindh province, a year...
UNITED NATIONS: The number of people fleeing their homes and becoming refugees or displaced in their own countries will increase in the next 10 years as a result of a host of intertwined causes ranging from conflict and climate change to population growth and food shortages, according to a report Th...
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US, Germany, Italy vow key Afghan roles post-2014
BRUSSELS: Germany and Italy will join the United States as "lead nati...
Soldier pleads guilty in massacre of 16 Afghans
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash: The American soldier accused of killin...
Coalition Deliberates Afghan Presence
Brussels: The top commander of the U.S.-led military coalition in Afg...
In Afghanistan, grief for a husband who shouldn't have died
Khosh Gombat, Afghanistan: Whenever Bibi Laila heard the all-too-fami...
