Category: Afghanistan
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British Army lays claim to the Afghanistan Cricket Team in World Cup
So it seems that the British Army lays claim to the Afghanistan Cricket Team appearance in the World Cup? Ironic that they bomb a country to hell under the garb of “War on Terror” only to rebuild a cricket team? How thoughtful !!! is this English notion of Charity? Or laying the breadcrumbs towards a…
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Pakistan ranked as THIRD most Dangerous country in the World for Women
Thomson Reuters Foundation under its Trust Law for Women initiative conducted a global research polling over 200 gender experts across five continents to deduce the five most dangerous countries in the world for women. The study ranked the countries in the following order. Afghanistan Democratic Republic of Congo Pakistan India Somalia While the Highest-ranked countries…
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The US conveniently Forgets Diplomatic Immunity for Afghan Ambassador in Islamabad
Considering the hue and cry being raised by the US on the Diplomatic Immunity and his illegal detention of Raymond Davis a few days back from Lahore when he killed two people in cold blood. It seems the United States of America has a very short term selective memory in 2001 after 9/11 it arrested…
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Dr Aafia’s Case Exposed the US judicial System
Guest Blog by Talkhaba “The American court acquits Dr Aafia Siddiqui” The ticker blinks on TV screens is followed by the screen flashes “Breaking News; The US court releases Afia Siddiqui” “The justice has been made by the exemplary American judicial system.” The News anchors inform us that Pakistani Ambassador to the US Mr. Hussain…
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Dr. Aafia found Guilty – The Missing Links
Dear Awab and other friends, I can feel Awab’s pain as someone who did follow this case so closely, and I do not mistake his patience now as anything due to lack of sensitivity. Contrary, I admire him for that. Perhaps it would help to recap the points that were elaborated in the report ‘Don’t…
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Prisoner 650 – Dr. Aafia Siddiqui convicted on 7 counts
A US court has found Dr. Aafia Siddiqui guilty of attempting to murder US agents while she was detained for questioning in Afghanistan in 2008. She is allegedly have picked up an army rifle and shot at the US agents, none of the Americans was injured but Aafia Siddiqui also known as Prisoner 650, was…
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Collateral Damage and Pakistan’s (read American’s) War on Terror
Guest Blog by Omar Javaid If Pakistan’s Establishment / Military intends to neatly wrap up the on going onslaught in Waziristan Area (Read America’s War ‘of’ Terror), then it must avoid killing civilians (watch the first two video) at any cost … why? To get an answer watch the 3rd clip in which Imran Khan explains…
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APC’s making their way to Quetta / Waziristan? (US/NATO?)
UPDATE I – Observers have been trying to identify this APC and best guestimates are of a long wheel base US Stryker possibly an M1135 NAB-RV [Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle] UPDATE II – It is possible after observing the wide wheel base that this vehicle is actually a Short Range Ballistic Missle Launcher (upto…
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Laidback Show Episode 9
Show notes after the jump
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Laidback Show Episode 8 – Imanae Malik
Cross posted from The Laidback Show | Show notes after the jump
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Blackwater owner Erik Prince gets blackballed by Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair publishes a detailed report Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy by Adam Ciralsky on Blackwater analyzing its founder Erik Prince where it has been revealed that Erik Prince and his company (Blackwater / Xe) may have more then $1 billion from government contracts during the George W. Bush tenure. Prince blames the newly elected democratic…
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Waziristan Strategy or Pakistan Strategy?
By Azhar Aslam Waziristan today has come to symbolize the paradigm in which Pakistan finds itself. An epicentre of ‘terrorism’, a symbol of ‘Talibanization’ and now a field for what has been euphemistically called ‘mother of all battles’. Pakistan and Waziristan were not always like this. How we have come to this pass is crucial…
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US official, Resigns in Protest questioning the American agenda in Afghanistan (& Pakistan)
Matthew Hoh, A former Marine Corps captain stationed in the Zabul province in Afghanistan tendered his resignation to the US Ambassador Nancy Powel, becoming the first U.S. official known to resign in protest over the Afghan war, which he had come to believe simply fueled the insurgency. “I have lost understanding of and confidence in…
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Bilawal Zardari bumps a seat in the Pakistani Delegation to the White House
A casual glance at this picture above taken a few weeks back one would generally not have seen the anomaly but a careful look reveals the problem, a high level meeting in Washington between the respective Presidents of The United States of American, Afghanistan and Pakistan, seems ordinary enough. Generally such a meeting is attended…
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UK Border Agency deports a Pakistani National to Afghanistan
A young Pakistani born and bred in village Dhok Gangaal, Post Office Adiala, Tehsil & District Rawalpindi, Irfan Faisal son of Multan Khan who was born on 5 December 1978 holding a machine readable Pakistani passport number AC8911731 which was issued by Rawalpindi office on 12 September 2005 and is valid until 11 September 2010…