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Imperial Forces ve Changed Taliban into Nationalistic Movement

15 hours ago ago from ALAIWAH!

December 20, 2009 at 11:51 am Filed under Afghanistan , War Against Terror Tagged Afghanistan , Britain in Afghanistan , Taliban , War Against Terror On Newsnight (Aug 20, 2009 ), the US general incharge of the Afghan war, David Petraeus , said that the war was “not a war of choice”. Afghanistan has not been an important planning area for any attacks on western countries and the Taliban have shown no inclination to conduct war against ...

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Alam Vs Hoodbhoy: Response to Groveling Pakistani Native Orientalist

14 hours ago ago from The Dawn

Imran Khan almost came to blows with Mr. Hoodbhoy, when the Khan accused him of being an “Advisor to the US’. Mr. Hoodbhoy never actually denied the charge, but was very belligerent with Mr. Imran Khan. Mr. Hoodbhoy later accused Mr. Khan of assault. We think of Professor Hoodbhoy as an enemy agent, a spy, and a 5th column. Finally, others have begun to respond to his claptrap. Professor Alam recently wrote an article exposing Mr. ...

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Why India should send troops to Afghanistan

18 hours ago ago from IntelliBriefs

http://acorn.nationalinterest.in/2009/12/19/why-india-should-send-troops-to-afghanistan/ It’s about strategy, not popularity There is often a negative correlation between popularity and good policy: what is popular is often not good policy, and vice versa. This is especially true when it comes to foreign policy. For instance, the Times of India thinks nothing of publishing an op-ed article titled “Call Pakistan’s bluff”, in other words, ...

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From Today's Papers - 20 Dec 09

4 hours ago ago from Jottings

Asian Age Kashmir Times Asian Age Telegraph India Asian Age The Pioneer Indian Express Kashmir Times Times of India Times of India Times of India Training in joint operations mooted for generals Vijay Mohan Tribune News Service Chandigarh, December 19 With jointness being the buzzword in military operations, top officers of the armed forces ...

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SPOILS and LIES, death and debt ─ WAR

17 hours ago ago from Today\'s Missing News

“What is it good for?” Employment, Death, Debt, Taxes, Oil? ‘ Pipelinestan’ Prevention ? Re-reporting, excerpting and editing with comment by Carolyn Bennett Nobody says this out loud so I’ll say it. People in power are giving the appearance of lowering unemployment numbers ─ all the while silencing serious solutions to and what to do about loss of solid sources of work. Government's deadly means of employment ─ keeping those jobless ...

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Moeed Yusuf: Obama's Afghanistan Strategy

3 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

President Barack Obama's Afghanistan strategy has received lukewarm reception in Pakistan. This is bad news given that he has acknowledged that the fate of the troop surge depends on support from across the Durand Line. The President was in a tough spot in terms of delineating the endgame. While at home, an open-ended commitment was sure to backfire politically, a time-bound approach was certain to be just as catastrophic for our military ...

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