More Helicopters needed, the experts have no real idea! Crazy

The problem with modern warfare is tactics tried in one place, do not always work in some others. At present the media is running stories that the British army is un equipped for the present conflict in...

They Want A War? Let's Give Them One

Politics aside, India must be confronted now. The National Security Conference is a welcome step but the government must shun its apologetic attitude when it clearly knows that the nation stands united. We should be prepared for the worst. Pakistani military should be...

Disaster in making: US incursions into Pakisani territory

Following the 9/11 tragedy, the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001 as part of what Washington called the war on terror but with the passage of time it transpired that the besides fighting terrorists, there is some hidden agenda as well. The US troops have reportedly...

Pakistani tribesmen capture five militants, torch three hideouts

A tribal squad comprising more than 3,000 armed volunteers on Thursday drove militants belonging to the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) out from Jamrud subdivision of Khyber Agency bordering Afghanistan and later set their three bases on fire. The volunteers...

32 including seven Pakistani troops killed in Bajaur tribal region

Violence in Pakistan’s restive Bajaur tribal region on Wednesday claimed 32 lives, including seven troops, 25 suspected militants and two anti-militancy tribal volunteers, while several others including two senior militant commanders were killed as jetfighters and gunship...

Pakistani tribesmen shoot down US drone

Pakistani security forces and Wazir tribesmen Tuesday evening shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States near Angoor Adda in troubled South Waziristan Agency. According to official and tribal sources at...

Pakistani tribesmen vow to halt supplies to allied forces in Afghanistan

Supporting the latest stance of Pakistan on cross-border incursions by the US-led allied forces stationed in Afghanistan, tribesmen belonging to Pakistan's Khyber tribal region have threatened to block the Peshawar-Torkham Road being used for supplies to the allied forces in...

Pakistani tribesmen announce to raise force for fighting US troops

Welcoming recent reports about Pakistani military leadership’s readiness to retaliate the US attacks, the tribal elders in Pakistan’s North Waziristan Agency bordering Afghanistan, where Friday’s missile...

At Least 50 Die in Iraq At Funeral for Slain U.S.-Friendly Sunni Tribesmen

A funeral for two anti-al Qaeda Sunni men turned from tragedy to devastation on Thursday when a suicide bomber attacked.At least 50 people were killed and 55 were wounded in the blast, which occurred north of Baghdad."A suicide bomber struck the funeral of two anti-al Qaeda...

We are 'Slaves to America'

"The fact that our Afghan policy is in shambles is shown by reports that on the same day, while four of our soldiers were killed by a militant suicide bomber, one was killed in a border post by US-led coalition forces. Thus our army is at the same time under attack from the...

Iraq tribe says it kills 55 al-Qaeda fighters

"RAMADI, Iraq, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The head of a tribal council in Iraq's western province of Anbar said on Sunday that tribesmen had killed 55 al Qaeda fighters in a battle on Saturday, but the U.S. military could not confirm the figures. The death toll, if confirmed, would...

U.S.: Afghan attacks triple since truce

"KABUL, Afghanistan - American troops on Afghanistan's eastern frontier have seen a tripling of attacks since a truce between the Pakistani army and pro-Taliban tribesmen that was supposed to stop cross-border raids by militants, a U.S. military officer said...

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