Source: Asia Times
By Siddharth Srivastava
Reluctance for battle by an ill-prepared army could have resulted in India not launching an attack on Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pakistan-linked terror attack in the Indian city of Mumbai on November 26 in which nearly 200 people died.
High-level government sources have told Asia Times Online that army commanders […]

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Sources: Bloomberg
By Gregory Viscusi
 
U.S.-led coalition forces killed 55 Taliban militants in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan border in a three-day battle, the coalition said in a statement.
Operations began June 20 when coalition forces were ambushed in the eastern province of Paktika. The coalition repulsed that attack with small-arms fire, and then pursued the militants […]

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Source: Daily Mail
She loved Punch & Judy and Enid Blyton, but her parents came from Pakistan and her mother wore a sari. In an enchanting yet painfully honest new book, acclaimed TV journalist Yasmin Hai describes her childhood battle to ‘learn to be English’ - as her devoted father wanted - and the price she […]

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