ISLAMABAD: Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Second Deputy Prime Minister Muhammad bin Salman, who is also Minister of Defence, is dashing to Islamabad tomorrow (Sunday) for a day visit. Prince Muhammad bin Salman, who is son of King Salman bin Abdul Aziz and is viewed as the most powerful man in the Kingdom, would have important meetings here. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif will be among…
Posts published in “Day: January 9, 2016”
The author is a Washington DC based geopolitical analyst and author of the book Afghanistan — From Cold War to Gold War. Recent articles published in the US media are giving the impression that Islamic State (IS), with its global jihadi appeal, is struggling hard to get a foothold in Pakistan but the authors of these articles are either downplaying the tell tale signs or the articles lack the necessary framework describing how emerging terror…
By RON NIXON in The NY Times, Jan 9, 2016 Daryl Johnson once worked in the branch of the Department of Homeland Security that studied the threats posed by anti-government militia groups. His former office was shut down more than five years ago. But when members of an armed militia took over a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon last week, Mr. Johnson was not surprised. In 2009, the former analyst wrote a report that warned…
ISLAMABAD: Unidentified assailants have shot dead a senior Afghan Taliban commander in Balochistan, two Taliban officials claimed on Friday. Maulvi Muhammad Alam, loyal commander to Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, was shot dead Thursday evening in Kuchlak area, some 25 kilometres from Quetta, Taliban leaders said on the condition of anonymity, as they were not authorised to speak to the media. “I can confirm that Maulvi Muhammad Alam has been killed. Investigations are underway but…
PESHAWAR: At least 20 suspected militants were killed Saturday in a United States drone strike in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province close to the zero line near Pakistan’s Khyber tribal region. Security sources said those killed belonged to the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Afghanistan. They were killed when the drone targeted suspected militant hideouts in Nangarhar’s Achin district. Several suspected insurgent compounds were also destroyed in the attack. Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province borders the Khyber…