Month: July 2013
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Is American withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014 cast in stone?
The interesting detail that should not be overlooked is this: even as Messrs McChrystal and Petreaus were talking “withdrawal” in 2011, Karzai had already contrived an extension until 2014. Karzai established his…
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Delhi Police Chargesheet in Batla House encounter case
Operative Part of the Batla House Encounter case verdict by a Delhi Court: Apart from the aforesaid fact, it agitates my mind that the incident in question was not a sudden confrontation…
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Pakistan's strategic forces develop world's smallest nuclear weapons
Over the past few years, Pakistan’s strategic forces, responsible for the country’s primary deterrence program, have been doing extensive research into the design and development of smart weapons i.e. nuclear weapons that…
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Egypt after the coup: A primer on the aftermath
Between American and Saudi diplomatic choreography the “hidden” is often more important than the “apparent”. American effigies being burnt in Cairo by anti-Morsi crowds shows the American hand is still in the…
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Findings: Pakistan's Abbottabad Commission Report
“It is clear that someone from the civil administration, police, security and intelligence services should have noticed, but did not notice, anything odd about the Compound over so many years. This in…
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Indian Politicians: Pakistan’s Proxy Soldiers
This systematic destruction of India’s internal security apparatus is not only for vote-bank politics as most commentators are suggesting. Of course the Modi-phobia is a factor but not the sole reason. It…