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CIA, special ops cooperate to kill extremists in Syria, Iraq

With no regular American presence in the war theater, the US has struggled to answer basic intelligence questions about the situation in Syria and Iraq, including the Islamic State group's…

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Iran’s tempting offer to China Chabahar

The consultations by the Chinese special envoy Zhang Yi in Tehran this week all but signal that a visit by President Xi Jinping to Iran in the near future is…

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The Rise and fall of Qingqi Rickshaws and the Stumbling Transport System of Karachi

By Fatima Ahmed On August 5, 2015 the government banned the 50,000 so called Qingqi’s due to their illegal nature but this mode of transportation presented a ray of hope…

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Summits over substance

By Dean Cheng As Washington gears up for the visit of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, right on the heels of the Pontiff, there is a growing urgency for the United…

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Inside the MSF hospital in Kunduz

By Andrew Quilty In the muted light of a hazy afternoon, the compound was silent. The graying walls of the outer gates, streaked with vertical mud stains, were largely undamaged,…

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An opportunity for US – China cooperation?

By Michael Clarke Michael Auslin has called for a “new realism” in U.S. foreign policy toward China in these pages, one that “begins with an official acceptance that we are…

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How Churchill fought the Pashtuns in Pakistan

By Franz-Stefan Gady “Horrible and revolting”  that's how 22-year-old British cavalry officer turned war correspondent forThe Daily Telegraph and Pioneer newspapers, Winston Churchill, described in a dispatch what he saw…

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BACK OFF : Pakistan’s Nuclear Program is Safe

It seems that the stereotype anti Pakistan journalism has started in US, conveniently before the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan; Gen. Raheel Sharif’s visit to US, where he has…

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Taliban takeover in Afghanistan is a real possibility

Sometimes a single episode in a long drawn-out war helps to focus the mind. The so-called Tet Offensive in January 1968 was one such crucial turning point in the Vietnam…

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Accountability is not just for Sindh, others are also in

By Shaheen Sehbai The impression that the military cum rangers-led accountability is only focusing on Sindh, targeting the MQM and PPP, has been deliberately created as facts show that the…

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