The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
India-Pakistan-Kashmir: Pakistani press reported no Indian artillery fire across the Line of Control in Kashmir on Monday and Tuesday this week for the first time in weeks. It also reported that cross-border truck traffic has been normal through at least one crossing point on the Line of Control. Comment: Since the killing of five Indian …
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Pakistan-Afghanistan: The Chinese news service Xinhua published a report on the outcome of talks between Afghan President Karzai and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Excerpts follow. “Pakistan said Tuesday that Afghan Taliban insurgents are unwilling to talk to Karzai government and its peace negotiators at least for now.“ “The statement came hours after Afghan President …
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Pakistan, Taliban and the Afghan Quagmire By: Bruce Riedel With American and NATO combat troops scheduled to depart Afghanistan next year, the relationship between the Afghan Taliban and Pakistan has become more important than ever. It is a complex and complicated nexus. Without doubt, Pakistan and its intelligence service, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate of the …
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Afghanistan-Pakistan: President Karzai flew to Islamabad to hold meetings with the new government in Islamabad. Karzai is seeking Pakistani assistance in facilitating talks with the Afghan Taliban. Comment: Karzai’s instincts are accurate in focusing on Pakistan. Without Quetta and continuous Pakistani official protection, the Afghan Taliban leadership would have had no place from which to …
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In First Meeting Since 1970s, Afghanistan Tops Pakistan In Soccer NPR’s Sean Carberry was at today’s game; he filed this report for our Newscast unit: “Thousands of fans, and hundreds of security forces, packed into the small stadium in Kabul. After a slow start, the Afghan team scored, and then never let Pakistan back into …
US-Pakistan: The US Treasury on Tuesday set economic sanctions on a Pakistan Islamic school it branded a ‘terrorist training center’ supporting al-Qaida and the Taliban. The Treasury said the Ganj madrassah in Peshawar was being used as a training and recruiting base by two militant groups, as well as the radical Lashkar-e-Taiba blamed for the …
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Don’t Be Spooked by Pakistan A CIA veteran’s prescription for how the United States can get along with an ally it doesn’t trust. Milt Bearden is an author and former career CIA officer who during the 1980s managed the CIA’s covert assistance to the Afghan resistance to the Soviet occupation from neighboring Pakistan. He currently …
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