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Pakistan's intelligence agency, the ISI, appears frequently in the war logs obtained by WikiLeaks. They suggest that even as Pakistan served as an ally to the United States, it was still secretly helping the Taliban in its insurgency in Afghanistan. The documents also suggest a major role is...

The David Coleman Headley affair is getting murkier every minute. It was reported that the visa papers of Headley and his associate Tahawwur Rana were missing from the Indian consulate in Chicago. This occasioned on Thursday conflicting statements by Foreign Minister SM Krishna and his MOS...

Azad Kashmir was created within two months of Pakistan’s independence with high expectations. Nestled in the mountainous western region that abuts the vale of Kashmir, it forms an archer’s bow that is about 100 miles long and about 20-40 miles wide. The Pakistani security elite hoped that an...

Proceeds from illicit opium trade range from $70m to $400m a year Eric Schmitt, Washington, Ocy 19, The New York Times: The Taliban in Afghanistan are running a sophisticated financial network to pay for their insurgent operations, raising hundreds of millions of dollars from the illicit...

In the age of stump microphones, slow-motion lip reading, and ICC penal codes for racist slurs on the field, Pakistan’s pioneer sports channel has come up with an unbelievable series promo. The private sports channel’s teaser for the upcoming India-Sri Lanka cricket series defies belief. As...

The recent proposition by a Chinese strategist that China should facilitate ‘the disintegration of India’ into some 30 smaller states, so as to decimate all challenges to its supremacy and establish a pax-Sinica in the Asia-Pacific region, may have been dismissed at official levels, but the...

What’s a brown life worth? How much less than a white one? The question is asked with some anger by Afghan journalists mourning the death of Sultan Menadi, who was shot dead in the crossfire when British special forces stormed a house in Kunduz where the New York Times journalist Stephen...

* 15,000 troops stationed in Manipur to counter threat from Chinese influence in Myanmar By Iftikhar Gilani NEW DELHI: Is a repeat of the 1962 Sino-India war looming large? Though played down by the Indian government for diplomatic reasons, 30,000 additional troops – with weaponry and...

When President Asif Ali Zardari meets aid donors in New York next week he will be seeking support for a country beset by problems from militant violence to food shortages and rising prices. While the 18-month-old civilian government has won praise from Western allies for efforts to quell a...

India to overtake China in GDP growth in 2010 - World Bank Add CaptionsThe World Bank has projected 5.1 per cent growth for India in 2009, revising its earlier projection of 4 per cent. In its Global Development Finance Report 2009 released yesterday, the bank has also projected an 8 per...

Stealth Bomber from Shastra - From the Deccan Herald, Dated Nov. 2, 2002 By Rajesh Parishwad, DH News Service BANGALORE, Nov 1: A glass-like material based on technology found in an ancient Sanskrit text that could ultimately be used in a stealth bomber (the material cannot be detected by...

Fear of influence By James Lamont and Amy Kazmin Published: July 12 2009 23:06 | Last updated: July 12 2009 23:06 Hambantota, in southern Sri Lanka, was a sleepy seaside village devastated by the 2004 tsunami. Famous for salt flats and a searing climate, it’s most celebrated building was...

Taleban 'getting Chinese arms' By Paul Danahar BBC Asia bureau chief, Beijing A large number of British troops are based in Afghanistan Britain has privately complained to Beijing that Chinese-made weapons are being used by the Taleban to attack British troops in Afghanistan. The BBC...