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China is already an observer of the SAARC group so what is the big fuss? Just like US, EU and other countries. China can't be a full member. Besides 90% of the Chinese population lives in Eastern China along the Pacific ocean coastal regions. What should be the focus is operationalising SAARC...

Well trilateral exercises have already been done as early as March this year so this is not new Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan stage joint urban warfare exercise - People's Daily Online I think the more interesting point is that Pakistan refused a joint commission to investigate the death of...

Well to be accurate, the Indian army would have failed if most of the people of J&K were against India. The fact that it is still part of the Indian union even after 60+ years while the US/USSR could hardly last 10 shows that the belief that all Kashmiris are dying to join Pakistan is a myth...

His full name is Azim Hafiz Premji and he is an Ismaili shia to be exact. Not Ahmedi. India has a very small Ahmedi community and almost all of them migrated to Pakistan during the partition because they supported the Pakistan movement and MA Jinnah. Pakistan has the largest Ahmedi community...

Tagore’s plaque in Iranian parliament - Hindustan Times Amid efforts for a greater diplomatic bonhomie between India and Iran, poet and nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore will find a place in Iran’s Majles (Parliament) 79 years after his visit to Tehran. A plaque inscribed with his poem...

VICTIMS OF MASSACRE, 22nd OCTOBER 1947″ | Articals | South Asian News Agency Ashique Hamdani Syed In 1947 India was divided in two Dominion states run by Governor Generals as representative of British Crown. Section 1 of the Indian Independence Act 1947 provided that from “the...

Well I am impressed by this guy Ajay Maken for taking an unpopular decision but ultimately a decision that was in the best interest of the country. Good job!

MJ Akbar has an interesting take on the same debate Arabian Knights : Byword News - India Today The Arab Spring is a rebellion on the cusp of becoming a revolution. It started as a sudden uprising ten months ago in Tunisia. Last Sunday it took its first stride into the future when Tunisia...

The original statement by E Ahamed, MOS of external Affairs India at the UN India - Speech of MOS Shri E. Ahamed at UN General Assembly on the "necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba", 25 october 2011 India - Speech of MOS...

This "Islamist" label is such a misnomer in the Arab spring context. Any party that advocates freedom to practice religion is labelled an Islamist. And I am surprised that Today's Zaman a Turkish paper would use the same terminology. The Enhadda party has publicly declared that it will form a...

Saudis do have railways both for passenger and freight. Just beginning of this year, an Indian company RITES won the contract for operating a freight corridor in Jubail Saudi railway hires Rites to operate new line - Corporate News - livemint.com Riyadh: Saudi Arabian Railway has hired...

I had already discussed OIC and India in another thread. For those interested, here is the relevant post.

Well according to Gul, the war has already expanded into Pakistan. So why hasn't WW3 started? Drone attacks, special ops in Pakistan e.t.c. aren't these acts of war? What is said is that he makes Pakistani army look like idiots. It seems that he thinks the best strategy to defend Pakistan is...

That is because the list by Jay is in absolute terms. This is no a good indicator. The correct indicator would be percentage of GDP or GNI as per the Wikipedia page. From the same link, the countries are Saudi Arabia – 0.15% Luxembourg – 0.13% Sweden – 0.12% Denmark...

Vice President Conferred Honorary Doctorate for International Relations by Mevlana University at Konya, Turkey The Vice President of India, Shri M.Hamid Ansari was conferred the Honorary Doctorate for International Relations by Mevlana University at a function in Konya, Turkey today. He was...

news.outlookindia.com | Foreign Interventions Must End in Afghanistan: Ansari Vice-President Hamid Ansari today underlined the need to end "foreign interferences" in Afghanistan, saying a lasting solution to the turmoil has be based on a sovereign choice of the government in the country...

Others included Central Asian countries including Turkey. Turkey was supporting Uzbek forces like General Dostum and in 2001, was DIRECTLY involved in training and helping the Northern Alliance forces defeat the Taliban. It is unfortunate that most Pakistanis don't realise that India played a...

Well by 2014, Afghan Army will take over the main security of Afghanistan overall. So their will be no direct combat between NATO forces and other Taliban insurgents and rebels. This should also be a time for those honest among the Taliban to give up arms and make peace with the govt. as there...

For those who feel that the Taliban are popular, why do you think that they don't agree to run as a political party and fight elections? Is another civil war like the 1990s the only way? Does that not show their weakness and lack of popularity? The Afghans do want to elect their leaders and...

Well Afghanistan has been ravaged by 30 Years of war and even now PA/ISI believe that a destablised and weak Afghanistan is in its interest. Hence the support or atleast lack of action against Taliban esconed in Pakistani territory. When the Afghans wanted to take responsibility of their...