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He who lives by non-state actors shall perish by non-state actors.

Marathas in Bengal 1731-1760: The Timeline The gist of Issue is as follows.. 1731 - Kanhoji Bhosle gets Sanad to subjugate Bengal 1727 - Murshid Qulikhan died 1740 - Alivadri khan kills Sarfaraz Khan, son on law of Navab of bengal - Mir Habib rises to Prominance as Deputy Navab...

Note quite related but the theme is the same: ----------------------------------------------- The Hindu : National : Muslim cleric to take Kumbh dip LUCKNOW: A dip in the sacred river during the Maha Kumbh Mela is said to wash away all sins. A senior Muslim cleric who will perform the...

Gujjars demand gallantry award for Rukhsana Jammu: Gujjars in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday demanded the country’s highest gallantry award for their community girl who killed a top Lashkar-e-Taiba militant in Rajouri district recently. “She has done our community proud. We urge President...

No, Kashmir is a symptom, the root cause is deeper.

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The information given there seems to be inaccurate. Aurangazeb's destruction of Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura and the Kashi Vishwanath temple is well documented. Also, the assertion that Muslims were taxed at higher rates does not seem to be credible. In fact, Aurangazeb had people...

Unfortunately Pakistani elites prefer to support non-state actors in Afghanistan and Jammu-Kashmir, and then try to get aid from various sources in the world. If Pakistan were able to normalize its relationships in South Asia, the economic benefits from trade, transit and technology exchange...

^^^ The courage of this woman brings a lump to one's throat. Apparently the dead terrorist was a Pakistani. Pakistanis should realize that their nationals fighting in Kashmir are no better than Fazlullah or Ajmal Kasab. There is no honour in this so-called "Jihad" and their deaths are...

Deep sympathies to all those affected. Having been through such incidents many times, people of India can understand the pain. People of NWFP voted for the ANP, which is not hostile to India. One hopes that peace will come to the region soon.

Unraveling the sources of funding in the Gulf will be important to understanding the Mumbai attack. It could be that some of the impetus came from there. But then, there are many in the Pakistan establishment who have been radicalized, and have a tremendous capacity for brutish behavior...

It appears that the consensus within the Pakistani establishment today is to reject and oppose the Musharraf proposals.

The Pakistani establishment probably does not believe that. That's the only conclusion that can be drawn from the efforts to protect the LeT, the denials of Kasab's origins. The closeness between the establishment and the Jihadis can be seen in how a JuD activist has been appointed to head...

School textbooks is one area in which Pakistan's pernicious influence is best avoided.

Afghanistan needs liberation from the Taliban. Afghans are very patriotic when it comes to defending their homeland against entities like the Haqqani network or the Quetta Shura.

Ultimately, any government has the responsibility to protect its citizens. If the Zardari regime is unable or unwilling to control the Jihadis, or is protecting them, then different approaches will have to be taken. It's not that India cannot do anything Re events like Mumbai ... but India...

Afghanistan may introduce compulsory military service - Telegraph Afghans may be pressed into compulsory military service against the Taliban in order to meet United States commanders' targets to nearly treble the size of their army. By Ben Farmer in Kabul Published: 3:10PM BST 25 Sep...

^^^ Indians are fools to keep such people alive in jails. This vermin ought to have been exterminated the day he was captured.

How an ex-Army commando became a terrorist (The News, 20 Sep 2009) By Hamid Mir ISLAMABAD: Once he was a blue-eyed boy of President General Pervez Musharraf. He got a cash award from the president for slitting the throat of an Indian Army officer in the year 2000 but after 9/11, he became...

^^^ Thanks to The News for raising this issue. Give credit where it is due. There are several good people in the Pakistani Press.