NEW DELHI (TIP): US President Barack Obama will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House on September 27 in a meeting aimed at dispelling a common narrative in Washington and New Delhi that […]
GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): An unknown gang has kidnapped a female Afghan member of parliament, officials said August 14, in the latest example of prominent women being targeted in the country. Fariba Ahmadi Kakar and her […]
America’s never-ending war on terrorism is almost always depicted in the mainstream media as a military and intelligence agency fight on a global battlefield. But it is also a propaganda war where the public is […]
“The fragile peace between India and Pakistan is once again under threat, but this time, the unease and tension may not be between India and Pakistan but between Pakistan and Pakistani Military establishment”, says the […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): US secretary of state John Kerry told Pakistanis on August 1 that Washington planned to end drone strikes in their country soon – a message aimed at removing a major source of anti-American […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Glossing over strained bilateral ties for over two years, the United States and Pakistan on August 1 agreed to resume the stalled strategic dialogue while Washington played down Islamabad’s concerns over continuing American […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US embassies that would normally be open this Sunday – including those in Abu Dhabi, Baghdad and Cairo – will be closed that day because of unspecified security concerns, the US State Department […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The BJP has cautioned the US against any peace talks with the Taliban arguing that the terrorist outfit is unlikely to change its behavior and reconciliation effort would be a futile exercise. “The […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States, July 20, said it believes that reconciliation is the only ultimate path forward for Afghanistan to achieve peace, as Washington asked Taliban to decide how it wants to move forward […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP):Wonder Woman and Supergirl now have a Pakistani counterpart in the pantheon of female superheroes, one who shows a lot less skin. Meet Burka Avenger: a mild-mannered teacher with secret martial arts skills who […]
KABUL (TIP): Insurgents pulled over a minivan with eight young laborers on their way to work at a US base in eastern Afghanistan on july 18, forced them out and then shot them dead, officials […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US state department’s heavy hitter for India will be an Indian origin bureaucrat, Nisha Desai Biswal, a first for both the community and the administration. President Barack Obama on Thursday, July 18, sent […]
On Friday, July 12, the United Nations Assembly listened spellbound to 16-year-old Malala, who was shot by the Talibans in Pakistan for attending school. Malala urged the governments to ensure free and compulsory education. Excerpts […]
The big question for the Afghans is: what happens in the long term? What will Kabul require to maintain the Afghan form of security and peace after the US/NATO troops leave, or will Afghanistan willy-nilly […]
WASHINGTON D.C.(TIP): The American India Public Affairs Committee (AIPACom) organized a reception in honor of Congressional leaders in Washington, D.C. on June 27th. Congressman Ed Royce, Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee; Joe Crowley, Chair, India Caucus; […]
KABUL (TIP): An early morning insurgent attack on Afghanistan’s presidential palace on June 25 has been put down with all the assailants killed, Kabul’s police chief said. General Ayoub Salangi told Reuters the gunfight ended […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Disappointed over Pakistan’s slow pace of trial in Mumbai terror attack case, a top US lawmaker has demanded that the seven suspects, including LeT operational commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, be handed over to […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Afghanistan and Pakistan traded accusations in the UN Security Council on June 20 over the whereabouts of Islamist extremists on their porous border as the United Nations described increased tensions between the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Economic issues like intellectual property protection, local content restrictions and a continued cap on FDI are likely to be on top of his agenda when US Secretary of State John Kerry travels to […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Afghan Taliban are ready to free a US soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay as a conciliatory gesture, a senior spokesman […]
DOHA (TIP): A fresh effort to end Afghanistan’s 12-year-old war was in limbo on Thursday after a diplomatic spat about the Taliban’s new Qatar office delayed preliminary discussions between the United States and the Islamist […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain would restart the transfer of detainees captured in Afghanistan to the local authorities later this month. The process was suspended in November last year after it emerged the prisoners were being mistreated […]
TBILISI (TIP): Seven Georgian troops were killed and nine were wounded in a suicide attack in Afghanistan when insurgents attacked their base, the pro-Western Caucasus country’s army chief said on Thursday. “Seven military servicemen were […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain would restart the transfer of detainees captured in Afghanistan to the local authorities later this month. The process was suspended in November last year after it emerged the prisoners were being mistreated […]
“Forces of destabilization are as active today as they were earlier. They are anxiously waiting for the withdrawal of the US-led troops from Afghanistan next year. The new scenario that will emerge in Afghanistan can […]
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