By RAHMATULLAH NABIL in The New York Times April 21, 2017 The writer served as the head of Afghanistan’s national directorate of security from 2010 to 2012 and from 2013 to 2015.KABUL, Afghanistan — Pakistan is not just one of nine countries with nuclear weapons, it is also a hotbed of global jihadism, where the military and the intelligence services use terrorist networks to advance their regional goals. And even as Pakistani officials proclaim that…
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By Xu Ming in Global Times, April 20, 2017 at 19:38:40 Counter-espionage, a phrase that may sound obscure to today’s children, was used a lot recently as the government tried to ensure everyone takes China’s security into their own hands on National Security Education Day. Last Saturday, the first set of readers about national security aimed at middle and primary school students were officially published in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu Province. The books use easy-to-read…
By Liu Xin and Liu Caiyu; Published: 2017/4/20 23:33:40 China’s military is eyeing more aircraft carriers to enhance its capabilities, experts said, as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Daily reported the achievements of the Chinese navy since 1949. Sunday marks the 68th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese navy, with the PLA Daily listing the navy’s achievements, including escorting ships at sea, building an aircraft battle group, and joint military exercises. As a country…
By Avia Nahreen in The Daily Star, Apr 21, 2017 The writer is a Senior Research Associate at The Institute for Policy, Advocacy, and Governance (IPAG). The visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Bangladesh on October 14-15, 2016 had been dubbed as a ‘historical state visit’ poised to be a geopolitical game changer in South Asia and the Indian Ocean region. At the sidelines of Xi’s visit, Bangladeshi and Chinese firms signed USD 13.6…
Dhaka Tribune, apr 21, 2017 Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat is to visit Dhaka again on April 27, to upgrade the bilateral defence relationship. This is the second time Rawat is visiting Dhaka in a month, reports the Times of India. The visit follows Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina trip to India from Apr 7 to 10 when both sides signed agreements to strengthen defence relations. According to the report, the Indian Army chief will…
by Nectar Gan in South China Morning Post, Apr 21, 2017 It sounds like the plot to a political thriller or a Hollywood spy film – in which a self-made business tycoon manipulates the country’s secretive state security agency for business gains and has a spy chief at his beck and call. When the tycoon wants to get rid of a business rival, the state security agency helps have the rival thrown in jail; when…
by TARIQ NAQASH in Dawn, April 21st, 2017 MUZAFFARABAD: An influential member of Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider’s cabinet on Thursday touched the hearts of PML-N workers when he said that it was the bureaucracy that was ruling the roost in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). Speaking at an event to mark the death anniversary of Raja Muhammad Haider Khan, father of the AJK premier, Mushtaq Minhas, minister for information, tourism and information technology, said…