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Which one is mightier? Pen or Sword?
Both are sharp if it falls in the right hand. Somebody’s pen is penetrating, others’ swords are sizzling.
But there are some people they handle both the stuff with immense accuracy. It seems to be a fairy...
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“We Bombed The Wrong Side” (General Lewis Mackenzie)
In my previous articles I have portrayed Kosovo with quite dark colours. I have summarized Kosovo
“as...
made popular Jan 13 2011
Not so surprisingly but once again Pakistan has been accused of failing to help bring peace in Afghanistan and that certain circles were prolonging war and funding an...
made popular Jan 3 2011
LISBON — Twenty years after the end of the Cold War, two sworn enemies — NATO and Russia — agreed over the weekend to put aside differences and cooperate on a...
made popular Nov 22 2010
The Taliban on Sunday scoffed at NATO plans to hand over most security responsibilities to Afghan forces in the coming three years while retaining an option to keep...
made popular Nov 22 2010
This past week President Obama awarded the military’s highest honor - the Medal of Honor - to a living soldier for the first time since Vietnam.
Since Vietnam,...
made popular Nov 22 2010
As Julia Gillard flew to Portugal for a major international conference on Afghanistan, her troops in the war-torn nation learnt they would be issued with new camouflage...
made popular Nov 19 2010
Russia may soon sign an agreement to trade arms with NATO’s procurement agency in a sign of improving relations between the former adversaries, said Dmitry Rogozin,...
made popular Nov 18 2010
With the war at a critical stage, Afghanistan’s president is publicly berating his NATO allies, criticizing military tactics and occasionally reminding them that...
made popular Nov 18 2010
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — NATO forces may still be leading some combat operations in Afghanistan beyond 2014, the alliance’s top civilian in the country said...
made popular Nov 17 2010
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — In the newly won districts around this southern city, American forces are encountering empty homes and farm buildings left so heavily...
made popular Nov 17 2010
As NATO struggles to define itself in a post-Cold War world of new threats and tight budgets, the alliance this week will lay out a vision for itself that is meant to...
made popular Nov 17 2010
(Reuters) - The NATO summit in Lisbon this weekend will mark a turning point in the prosecution of the war in Afghanistan as it lays out a roadmap to end combat...
made popular Nov 16 2010
The troops die in incidents in the south and east, making it the most lethal day for Western troops in a month. Also, militants free an Afghan diplomat held for two...
made popular Nov 15 2010
Some of us have drawn comfort from the thought that Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist apes have been camped out in mountainous caves, somewhere in Afghanistan, without...
made popular Oct 19 2010
On October 7, 2010 at least 9 individuals have been killed and more than 85 injured in two successive blasts near a prominent shrine in Karachi .The blasts occurred...
made popular Oct 8 2010
Pakistan has criticized a pair of NATO airstrikes on its territory that killed over 50 militants, saying they were a violation of its sovereignty.
U.S. officials have...
made popular Sep 28 2010
Kosovo’s President Fatmir Sejdiu has resigned after a court ruled he was in breach of the constitution by also being leader of a political party.
He is the head...
made popular Sep 28 2010
As I read the news day in and day out I notice something very disturbing. Out of the three major wars going on right now (Somalia, Afghanistan, Mexico) Mexico is...
made popular Sep 22 2010
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In a concession to the European Union that it hopes to join, Serbia supported a compromise U.N. resolution on Kosovo on Thursday that dropped its earlier demands to...
made popular Sep 10 2010
General David Petraeus, the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, said Jones’ church risked undermining efforts by U.S. President Barack Obama to reach out to...
made popular Sep 9 2010
As many as 2,000 additional troops — including a number of U.S. forces — may be headed to Afghanistan in the coming weeks under a plan being proposed by...
made popular Sep 6 2010
Note:
My article was originally published on August 30, 2010 as OP-ED in a collaborative project to create recommendations for NATO’s new Strategic Concept by...
made popular Sep 1 2010
Even as Washington is recasting the narrative of the Iraq war in terms of the troop withdrawal and campaign promises, Iraqi citizens say they’re still caught in...
made popular Aug 31 2010
The English Prime Minister David Cameron, who before kicking off for India on a business tour few days ago, very rudely and snobbishly, keeping all the diplomatic norms...
made popular Aug 21 2010
The Angry Arab (or As’ad AbuKhalil) on his popular blog The Angry Arab News Service on an almost daily basis, regrettably, documents the killing of Afghan...
made popular Jul 28 2010
As an immediate outcome of Kabul International Conference on Afghanistan is learnt to be Plans to begin handing control of provinces in Afghanistan to Afghan security...
made popular Jul 21 2010
General Stanley McChrystal has submitted a letter of resignation to President Obama in the aftermath of an article to be published this week in “Rolling...
made popular Jun 23 2010
Karzai visited his hometown Kandahar to assess the situation for himself and hold a meeting with the tribal chiefs.
Visiting the victims of a recent suicide attack,...
made popular Jun 14 2010
A suicide attack on a marriage ceremony in the southern city of Kandahar left behind 30-40 deaths and around 70 wounded.
On Wednesday night at around 9 pm local time a...
made popular Jun 10 2010
Indo-US strategic Dialogue has been held in Washington to discuss Pak–Afghan situation and bilateral counter-terrorism cooperation on June 3, 2010 just during current...
made popular Jun 9 2010
KABUL, Afghanistan — A spokesman for Afghanistan’s intelligence agency on Monday accused Pakistan’s intelligence agency of involvement in the suicide bombing here...
made popular May 26 2010
Insurgents late Saturday launched coordinated ground and rocket attacks on Kandahar Air Field, the main coalition base in southern Afghanistan.
Stray rocket and mortar...
made popular May 24 2010
Karzai went from Washington after a high-profile visit to soothe ties with U.S. President Barack Obama, whose administration has been critical of Karzai for failing to...
made popular May 15 2010
NATO thought that by offering money, status and other perks to Taliban foot soldiers, they’d willingly lay down their weapons and reintegrate into Afghanistan...
made popular Apr 26 2010
Where women really stand in Afghan society didn’t hit home to me until I walked down a busy market street in Kandahar without seeing a single woman. The birthplace of...
made popular Apr 14 2010
In continuation of their Philosophy of ‘no talks’ Taliban militants have denied secret Talks with the UN in the past. In addition, Taliban hold that they...
made popular Apr 2 2010
As I`m trying to compose this piece of writing, the host of the radio show is talking about breast cancer and preventive methods requesting her audience to follow her...
made popular Mar 31 2010
Saturday’s fake report by a Georgian TV channel on an alleged Russian invasion and on killing the South Caucasus state’s president was part of an...
made popular Mar 15 2010
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen wants to strengthen relations between the alliance and non-member “partnership countries” such as Finland and Sweden,...
made popular Mar 4 2010
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Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, of Italy, seen prior to his meeting with Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus in the President palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Wednesday, April 29, 2009.
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