Hazaras on the firing line in Balochistan
Pakistan's security forces have a heavy presence in Quetta and throughout Baluchistan and are notorious for their brutal methods, including “disappearances” and extra-judicial killings. Sections of the...
View ArticleTalks In Paris About Talking Afghan Peace
.The semi-secretive nature of the Paris meeting on December 20-21 meant that little emerged about what was discussed. It was clear, however, that few concessions were on offer. The conference was the...
View ArticleObama discusses with Karzai plans for 2014
After their summit meeting on Jan11, President Obama of the USA and President Karzai of Afghanistan held a press conference at the East Room in the White House. Here is the transcript
View ArticleCentral Asian nations need good border management to avoid periodical turmoil
Skirmishes earlier this week in a pocket of Uzbek territory inside Kyrgyzstan over location of electricity poles highlight the difficulty of managing post-Soviet borders, especially in places like the...
View ArticleWhat is Pak Judiciary upto….
It may be a judicial coincidence but the orders for the arrest of Prime Minister Ashraf have given a boost to the Qadri campaign. It has given a fresh lease to speculation about a ‘soft coup’ by the...
View ArticleNew Pressure Mounts on Rajapaksa
America’s strategic goals notwithstanding, like India, the US stood by Rajapaksa and helped him to eliminate the Tamil Tiger scourge. Both Delhi and Washington were guided by the dangers posed by...
View ArticleThreats To Media In Sri Lankan
New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has characterized Sri Lanka as “highly restrictive and dangerous nation for the press.” Reporters Without Borders placed Sri Lanka at 162 in its Press...
View ArticlePakistan transfers strategic Gwadar port to China
What a military dictator did not do, a civilian government did in Pakistan and it's transferring the strategic Gwadar port in the politically volatile Baluchistan Province to China. This decision is...
View ArticleWill Iran lunch a nuclear attack on Israel ...?
One way to make Iran suspend its N-programme is diplomatic effort through negotiations. the other is economic sanctions to make Iran to compromise. While diplomatic efforts have not yielded results,...
View ArticleWhy B'desh garment factories are turning into infernos...?
Bangladesh has about 4,500 garment factories, employing around 3.6 million workers—80 percent of whom are female. Most of them earn about $43 a month, Since Tazreen fire, MNCs have increased purchases...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Unchecked Opium Production in Uruzgan
Authorities say they are powerless to act even though they know opium poppy is being grown on large tracts of land.
View ArticleBamboo Capitalist on the prowl in Central Asia
Beijing wants to tap region’s energy resources, and is prepared to fund and build pipelines to get them.
View ArticleAfghans Unimpressed by Pakistan Talks
Many analysts say pledges of good faith from Islamabad are not to be trusted, since its real strategy involved controlling Afghanistan by providing covert assistance to the Taliban to undermine security.
View ArticleParis brings Kabul officials face-to-face with Taliban
Paris conference is the latest attempt to talk about talking peace in Afghanistan. It may not have amounted to formal peace talks, but the two-day meeting at which Taliban representatives joined other...
View ArticleDespite Ban, HuT active in Tajikistan
Hizb ut-Tahrir is highly skilled at covert recruitment; it is targetting now adolescents and vulnerable women to expand its reach
View ArticleEnclave Issues Challenge Uzbek, Kyrgyz Leaders
Sokh sits in the middle of southern Kyrgyzstan’s Batken region, a sliver of land sandwiched between Uzbekistan to the north and Tajikistan to the south. The main way of travelling between Batken’s...
View ArticleUNHCR: Colombo under increased pressure
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay issued a report that cautiously criticised Rajapaksa government for not adequately addressing human rights violations.
View ArticleSri Lankan president rejects fresh war crimes evidence
The latest video, produced by Channel 4, with fresh evidence, was screened in the Geneva headquarters of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) to the delegations attending the current UNHCR annual meeting.
View ArticleCross-Border Trade Depressed in Afghan North
Hairatan on the river Amu Darya is connected by bridge with the border town of Termez in Uzbekistan. A new railway from Mazar-e Sharif up to the border connects Afghanistan to freight networks via the...
View ArticleArab Revolts Risk Fuelling Sectarian Tensions
Protests in the Arab world seem to be moving from the ideal of establishing democracy towards increasing polarisation and sectarianism in the region.. As Sunni Islamists gain political power, minority...
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