Training really has progressed since I left the forces (Brit Vet), however that's just part of what I see here. At a guess these are part of the forces being pledged to Afghanistan. I always wonder that the...
MUSSOORIE/AGLAR, 28 June:
The shouts of Macchi! Macchi!(fish! fish!) heralded the fishing festival popularly called “Maund” in the Aglar Valley, 30 kms from Mussoorie as thousands gathered for the...
At least eight persons were reportedly killed in the US drone strikes in Pakistan's troubled South Waziristan tribal district on Tuesday. Reports say that death toll is feared to rise."WANA: At least eight persons were killed, while the death toll is feared to further rise in...
The people belonging to Sikh community settled in Pakistan's troubled Orakzai tribal district for centuries are migrating from their area because of intimidation at the hands of militants, who are demanding them...
In the second incident of its kind, the militants active in Orakzai tribal district of Pakistan have occupied three houses and 10 shops of the Sikh community in the region. However, a local tribe has given shelter to the 24-member displaced Sikh family in accordance with the...
Pakistan has handed over nine militants of Chinese origin to authorities in Beijing after they were captured in Pakistan's troubled tribal areas."The government of Pakistan has handed over nine Chinese militants arrested from Fata to Beijing.The Chinese militants handed over...
Jizia - The pet name of "infidel" tax non-Muslims must pay to their Muslim rulers in order to show subjection of the state and its laws (read “Sharia”).Now minority Sikh community living in Aurakzai tribal...
A Pakistani man whose son is among 11 Pakistani students arrested in the UK on suspicion of involvement in 'a terror plot' and faces possible deportation before completion of his studies as the British have failed...
A report has made some important disclosures about the US drone strikes inside Pakistan between January 14, 2006 and April 8, 2009. It reveals that out of 60 such strikes, actual targets were hit only in 10...
At least 12 militants were reported kiled and several others injured as a US drone fired missiles at a suspeced hideout of militants in Pakistan's Orakzai tribal district on Wednesday."ORAKZAI AGENCY: Twelve militants have been killed and several injured in US drone attack...
As the Pakistan police and security forces were engaged in an operation to clear a police training school in Lahore of terrorists, who killed at least 26 people and injured scores others, a suicide bomber attacked a convoy of security forces in Bannu Frontier Region, a...
In yet another US drone attack inside Pakistan, at least eight persons were killed in the troubled South Waziristan tribal district on Wednesday."WANA: Eight foreign militants have been killed in a suspected US drone strike in South Waziristan, sources said on Wednesday....
In an interview on CNN's Fareed Zakaria on GPS yesterday, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper doubts that Afghan insurgents can ever be defeated. Watch Fareed Zakaria's full interview here. ...
Two missiles, fired by a US spy plane inside Pakistani territory, killed 12 people and injured three others on Sunday.According to eyewitnesses, a drone fired two missiles at around 4 p.m. (local time) that hit a house in Ganra Haibatkhel village of Sararogha tehsil of South...
The Bajaur chapter of the Tehrik-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) on Sunday demanded immediate implementation of the Shariah (Islamic law) in Pakistan’s troubled Bajaur tribal region, assuring the government of its cooperation to establish the complete state writ and...