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Could be. There will be others. We'll see how things transpire. Now go join the PAF and become a pilot! Steve

It's your guys and women that deserve the congrats. Steve

Nice find. Mullah Mohammad of Baghlan too.:agree: Very cool. Wonder if he was busted in Faisalabad too? Thanks.:usflag::pakistan:

It's a death sentence for a reporter. Not by losing their head but by being shot or bombed by ISAF. This isn't a trek through Konar and Nuristan. It's a mid-intensity infantry battle being fought in a fairly defined space. The land is flat and bare right now and there are a crapload of UAVs...

Thomas has beat me to the story but here's the Newsweek article on Mullah Abdul Salam- Exclusive: Another Taliban Leader Captured In Pakistan-NEWSWEEK Feb. 17, 2010 It looks like he was nabbed in Faisalabad about a week ago. That's a long way from Kunduz. Suddenly their home away from...

Snipers and fairly complex tactics are evolving as part of the battlefield milieu in Marjah. C.J. Chivers, embedded with K Co. 3/6 Marines, was with 1st Platoon as they manuevered west from the eastern end of their company area of operations when they came under fire from an AK to their south...

"You are factually wrong. You need to go back to the 60's-80's." I'm sorry but you should read my comment again carefully- "The woman is a member of a parliament of an Afghanistan in which she couldn't have had ANY voice previously. There was no parliament and women had NO voice." Ms...

Asim, "Its not that Pakistan doesn't want you to reconcile with the Taliban." I'm not convinced that the American government is involved in any meaningful discussions or even wants to be at this point. I've left enough links and contravening quotes to make it clear that's very much up in...

"If Gall's theory is correct, the US should have taken Pakistan along to begin with, instead of working behind our backs, implying duplicity, especially given the US-Pak trust deficit." I see no theory from Gall. I see reported speculation of un-named Pakistani intelligence sources that...

I haven't read this yet so let you be the first here to educate us on America's assessment of ballistic missiles worldwide- I'm sorry but the best I can give you is an HTML google-generated version of the report. My Adobe Acrobat seems to be acting up- Dept. Of Defense Ballistic Missile...

The NYT report above yours from the BBC highlights that the report of three taliban among the civilians killed hasn't been confirmed and that the report was from the Afghan Ministry Of Defense. C.J. Chivers of the NYT was with the unit of marines who witnessed the rocket strike and they...

Talk of attacks is premature when, "US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was also in the region on Sunday trying to drum up support in the Gulf for imposing tougher sanctions against Iran..." Sanctions really haven't been agreed to much less effected and analyzed. Until such and until we...

"...probably next year Iran will have the nuclear bomb??" Iran is having technical issues with maintaining it's centrifuge cascades that will impede their progress. Next year is a POSSIBILITY but, for present, the amount of material that they've been able to accumulate is minute. There are...

"Why not talk over Pakistan-US Bilateral relations??" Why not start a thread elsewhere and do so? Thanks.:usflag:

C.J. Chivers, embedded with the marine company closest to the incident, writes on what he knows of the errant rocket strike which killed 12 civilians on Sunday here- Marines in Afghan Assault Grapple With Civilian Deaths - NYT Feb. 16, 2010 Rajiv Chandrasekaran reports on efforts of B Co...

"Kashmir is a 'bi-lateral' issue between India/Pakistan-period!" I must have written too much for your tired eyes, sir- "...along with productive bi-lateral discussions on Kashmir between India and Pakistan." "lets keep it simple folks!" Let's read carefully folks! Thanks.:usflag:

A lot to consider. A.M. highlighted Pakistani concerns, affronts and abridgements as seen by Carlotta Gall's contacts. He didn't highlight U.S. thoughts that Ms. Gall had also conveyed. My thoughts- The arrest was important, without question. Baradar wasn't in Karachi on R&R, IMV. He...

"I think that may have been an isolated incident." Of course you do. It quite likely is isolated. You'd be speculating without certainty though. "Of course, one can expect some fighters to have succumbed to the natural elements as some may be new recruits or some may not have the...

Don't pick the scab please.;) Thanks.:usflag:

"Taliban are survivors in the mountains, they don't need much to survive they can operate and wage pitched battles and ambushes in some of the most harsh conditions with little clothing and boots and only a hollow cave as shelter, they can brave the storms." Not all is etched in stone- You...