A number of soldiers on the first line of the battle in Chah Anjir area on the outskirts of Helmand’s Lashkargah city, said Monday that a shortage of troops and the lack of air support has prolonged the war in that part of the province. They said additional troops are needed to maintain security in the area after it is cleared of Taliban. According to reports, Chah Anjir has fallen to insurgents on a number…
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KABUL—Top members of the main Taliban splinter group that broke away last year have reversed course and pledged allegiance to the main group, despite the efforts of the Afghan government to exploit divisions in the insurgency. The move by the splinter group’s top political deputy and a battlefield commander is another sign the insurgency is consolidating under the new leader, Maulavi Haibatullah Akhundzada, who has sought to reunite the group’s warring factions. The Taliban announced…
The back and forth between India and Pakistan that has been ongoing since Kashmir erupted in protest once again after Burhan Wani’s killing has led to another set of violations of the Line of Control. With both countries celebrating their Independence Days with traditional vitriol, it could be that some of the Indian troops stationed on the border in the Haveli district started to get a little over excited on Pakistan’s Independence Day as artillery…
GENEVA: Asking India to help them in a same way as it did for the creation of Bangladesh, Baloch Republican Party (BRP) chief Brahumdagh Bugti on Sunday said if the international community could interfere in Libya and Syria, why not in Balochistan. Coming under extreme pressure in Indian Held Kashmir, RAW has started encouraging and facilitating the Indian media to interview Balochistan dissidents to bring a bad name to Pakistan. Being funded by RAW, the…
The author is a reporter Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj voiced India’s concerns over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which passes through Pakistan occupied Kashmir (POK), during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s India trip, Indian media reported. It is regrettable to see CPEC become another unharmonious factor in Sino-Indian ties, but China is unlikely to give up on the idea of CPEC because of India’s protest. In fact, the economic corridor, linking Northwest China’s…
In order to take pressure off Beijing’s central districts, suburban Tongzhou has been designated as a “second city center” and some municipal and national government bodies are gradually moving there. Amid the massive construction going on in the district, the government is struggling to fill the gap left by “undesirable” companies and relocated locals with talented people and high-end firms. Thirty-year-old Wang Feng has five apartments in Beijing, adding up to more than 10 million…
China launched the world’s first quantum science satellite into space early on Tuesday morning, with the project carrying the hopes of scientists around the world. But its first mission, to establish a hack-proof communication line between China and Europe, will also have major national security implications. At 1.40am, the small satellite, recently named Micius after an ancient Chinese philosopher and engineer, began a journey into the big unknown on top of a Long March 2D…