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Washington, Sep.18 (ANI): The Pakistan Army’s initiative to sponsor local militias, or the lashkars, as they are commonly known, may have been working in its favour against the Taliban, however some people feel such move could back fire in future.

Backed by the [...]

Washington, Sep.17 (ANI): With accusations of vote fraud piling up around Afghanistan’s presidential election, incumbent Hamid Karzai is unlikely to claim victory any time soon.

At the very least, a national electoral complaints commission investigating fraudulent voting will take weeks to determine how much of [...]

Kabul, Sep. 11 (ANI): Almost eight years after the war began in Afghanistan in the aftermath of the 9/11 carnage, the Taliban insurgency has spread across 80 percent of the country.

The violent incidents this week have drawn attention to the deteriorating security situation of northern Afghanistan, which had largely remained peaceful so far, the Christian [...]

Paris, Sep. 3 (ANI): Western envoys to Afghanistan have said that their respective governments should “be prepared for a run-off” in the Afghanistan presidential election if too many votes are ruled “irregular.”

If no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote, a run-off between the top [...]

Washington, July 14 (ANI): The Pakistan Government’s record in handling the return of refugees is not good, and Islamabad is unprepared for the influx of people in the Swat Valley which can result in a loss of public opinion if the delivery of services is no better than before the Taliban’s seizure of the region, [...]

Washington, July 9 (ANI): Michael Jackson features at the top when it comes to having most number of fans on the popular social networking site Facebook.

According to figures released by AllFacebook.com, the late King of Pop reigns the upper echelons of Facebook’s superstar culture, with more than 7 million devotees.

Nick O’Neill, founder of the [...]

Washington, July 9 (ANI): Those looking to challenge the popularity of Vin Diesel can take a back seat, for the actor has a staggering 5,149,734 fans on the popular social networking site Facebook.

According to figures released by AllFacebook.com, The Fast and the Furious star ranked third in the upper echelons of Facebook’s superstar culture.

Topping the [...]

Kabul (Afghanistan), July 9 (ANI): A new United Nations report has called for an end to the prevailing abuse against women in Afghanistan, and warned that ignoring this culture of impunity will create an environment of political and social insecurity.

The report, titled “Silence is Violence,” documents the increasingly insecure environment for women in public spaces [...]

Washington, July 9 (ANI): The raging region of South Waziristan, where the Pakistan Army has initiated an all out attack on the Taliban’s top commander Baitullah Mehsud, was targeted by US drones twice in less than 24 hours on Wednesday and fourth time in less than a week. While Pakistan and some US experts have [...]

Washington, July 9 (ANI): North Korea is suspected of launching an unprecedented large cyber-attack this past weekend against South Korea and a smaller number of US government web sites.

The Internet attacks are not isolated, but closely tied a broader North Korean military strategy, including its recent missile and nuclear weapons tests, the Christian Science [...]

Washington, July 1 (ANI): The Pakistan Army is planning an offensive against the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud in his stronghold South Waziristan, but it seems that it is unaware of the massive threat that the region has in store.

The military will have to face a formidable army of extremists if Mehsud join hands with [...]

Washington, June 23 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has claimed that its Swat offensive has been successful with scores top Taliban leaders being killed, but the fate of Swat Taliban chief Mullah Fazalullah and the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud is still under wraps.

Now, the Pakistan [...]

Washington, may 28 (ANI): Tamil activists say that the end of the 26-year war for a separate state for Sri Lanka’s ethnic Tamil minority should allow more moderate voices to emerge, but it could also spark instability in Tamil areas like Jaffna and among the population displaced by the war.

The presence of armed groups [...]

Karachi, May 27 (ANI): After establishing its control over a major part of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in Pakistan, the Taliban is looking to expand its control over other parts of the country , making women its prime target.

In [...]

Pune, May 21 (ANI): The United Nations and other aid agencies are clamoring for unfettered access to the war zone in Sri Lnaka, which they say is crucial to aid the wounded and to lay the groundwork for rebuilding trust in the divided island nation.

“The international community must require the prompt deployment of international [...]

Pune, May 20 (ANI): Several Sri Lankan Tamils based in India have responded warily to President Mahinda Rajapaksa outreach after the elimination of the LTTE and its chief Vellupillai Prabhakaran.

Mariasoosai Sakkariyas is one such. He and his family fled Sri Lanka 29 years ago in a flimsy boat across choppy waters to Tamil Nadu. He [...]

Islamabad, May 16 (ANI): There has been a persistent tension in the international community regarding the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, and fears about it falling into the hands of the Taliban and other extremists has kept the world on tenterhooks.

If concerns of experts are anything to go by, the [...]

Washington, May 14 (ANI): As the Pakistan Army continues to pound the Taliban and other extremists in the Swat Valley and claims to have killed scores of militants amid immense US pressure, several policymakers both from the United States and Pakistan, have expressed dissatisfaction over the strategy regarding the issue, saying they have not been [...]

Washington, May 14 (ANI): The US administration is using another medium to hit back at the Taliban – public relations.

According to a Christian Science Monitor (CSM) report, more than a week has passed since a United States bombardment killed civilians in western Afghanistan, but the battle between coalition forces and the Taliban has only intensified [...]

Washington, May 11 (ANI): President Asif Ali Zardari has said he knew the Swat peace deal with the Taliban would not work, even as the Pakistan Army intensified its operation against the militant group in the troubled region.

The Pakistani Army’s advance in Swat marks the failure of Islamabad’s boldest attempt yet to compromise with the [...]