Pakistan

Dr. Can Erimtan
21st Century Wire

By Jonathan Power
April 18th 2017.
There are 29 states which have at one time or another set about becoming nuclear weapons powers or have explored the possibility. Most have failed or drawn back. Only the US, Russia, France, UK, China, India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea have crossed the threshold. Only the first five have long range, nuclear-tipped, missiles. North Korea wants to walk in their footsteps.

Video footage showing a young man tied to the front of an army vehicle being paraded in a village located in central Kashmir’s Budgam district went viral last week over social media. A Hindi-speaker heard in the background says, “Stone throwers will meet a similar fate.”

Indian authorities are claiming that at least 500 Pakistani nationals protecting ISIS operatives in Afghanistan, were killed in the US MOAB bombing in Nangarhar province.
The area that was targeted by the 21,000-pound bomb was said to be controlled by the Islamic State and protected by the Pakistan army.

The U.S. Military, apparently eager to test a huge out-dated bomb – anacronym “MOAB” for “Mother Of All Bombs” – dropped one for the first time in the sparsely populated mountains of Afghanistan this week.

A province in Pakistan has made DNA testing compulsory in rape cases, part of ongoing national reforms to improve support for victims
The post Progress for anti-rape laws in Punjab appeared first on Positive News.

The Iranian part of the gas pipeline is complete but Pakistan has run into repeated delays for the 780-km section to be built on its side of the border Press TV – March 25, 2017 A Pakistani delegation will be visiting Iran next month to revive talks on a planned gas pipeline which has been […]

By M K Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline | March 24, 2017 A US state department official told the Associated Press on Thursday that Washington wants to work with Moscow on regional efforts to end the 16-year Afghan war and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would be discussing this during his visit to the Russian capital […]

By Salman Rafi Sheikh – New Eastern Outlook – 23.03.2017 A report of Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), especially prepared for the US Congress and the Trump administration, finds what should be called a magnanimous failure of the US in achieving any of its major objectives in Afghanistan even after spending almost 16 […]

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