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Pentagon chief asks for deeper military involvement in Yemen

Defense Secretary James Mattis has asked the White House to remove restrictions on US military support for Saudi Arabia and its allies engaged in a military offensive against Yemen that has caused significant civilian  casualties , according to a report. Read more....

US, UK, France Commit to Increase Cooperation

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson met in London with the First Sea Lord of the United Kingdom, Adm. Sir Philip Jones, Read more...

The Book Review by Ishfaq (M.Phil)

The Pakistan on THE BRINK: The Future of Pakistan, Afghanistan and West (Written by: Ahmed Rashid ) In this book assert that Mr. Ahmed Rashid, who wrote many significant books and one of Pakistan’s premier journalist and analysts. He well knows the region’s pressures better than most. He literally wrote the book on the Taliban and now has added a superb work on the future of Pakistan. Many Nations deem the world’s most dangerous that  “Pakistan on the Brink”  depicts a nation with a severe socioeconomic crisis. The political leadership that has neither the courage nor the will to carry out essential reforms and is building the fastest-growing nuclear arsenal on the globe. The Pak-US relationship also going to meltdown and Mr. Rashid rightly contends, with both sides to blame in his book “Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan”.  The relationship is so bad  that the United States and Pakistan are near of going to war, Mr. Rashid writes. Much of t

Article by Ishfaq Ali (M.Phil)

WAR AGAINST TERRORISM IN AFGHANISTAN POST-9/11 Afghanistan a landlocked country, occupies a strategic position between China, and the West, Central and South Asian regions. The geographic location gives Afghanistan great strategic significance. Afghanistan has remained an arena for the clashing interests of external powers for centuries. Following the collapse of Afghan President Najibullah's communist dictatorship, a loose coalition of resistance groups took power in Kabul. Fifty one political and religious leaders formed an interim ruling council that selected as its leader Sibgatullah Mojadidi was the leader of the National Front for the Rescue of Afghanistan and one of the smallest Mujahideen groups. Arab Islamic radicals, Libya, and Pakistan gave him the lion's share of the foreign arms supplied to the Mujahideen. Hekmatyar's forces besieged Kabul bombarding the city with artillery and rockets that killed thousands of civilians.  The situation provided the thought o

The Book Review By Ishfaq Ali (M.Phil)

THE CHINA-PAKISTAN AXIS: ASIA'S NEW GEOPOLITICS   (Written by:  Andrew Small ) In this book, author tenaciously explore the relations between two countries as he describe that Beijing’s secret relations with Islamabad is going closer, more than formal alliance. Due to the collective enmity with India, China’s also support the Pakistan is incredibly strong as compared to any other state entire the World. When China was diplomatically isolated, at that time Pakistan supported China as a bridge between Mao and Nixon. On this occasion, Pakistan’s heartedly support the China to move from regional power to global power through advancement and constructing the roads, highways, utilizing the coal power, extension of ties with Gulf States as well as other nations of the world. On the other hand, China also support and working as a best friend during its volatility and limitation in economy by complementing and supporting through developmental projects, when western withdrew Pakistan

Russia rejects US claim of giving supplies to Taliban in Afghanistan

Russia has dismissed as "false" the recent allegation by a US general that read more....