Pakistan hasn’t waited in the wings for 19 years to suddenly abandon its need to manage its northern neighbour and control the great game in Inner Asia.
Pakistan is also said to be deliberating on maintaining a fine balance between its all-weather ally China and the new Joe Biden administration that will take over in the US.
Truth be told, Nawaz Sharif has always been jealous of the Pakistani Army, for he is the only leader who saw our political potential in Kargil, or during the 1999 coup.
Lt Gen B S Raju of XV corps said the terrorists holed up in the Valley have been facing acute shortage of arms and are desperately looking for help from across the border.
Rajakbhai Kumbhar, whose wife is a Pakistani national, allegedly worked as a financier on behalf of the ISI and transferred money to its operatives in India, claims NIA.
Pakistani Shia mercenaries Pakistan have earlier fought in Syria on behalf of Iran, but this will be the first time its nationals collaborate with Turkey in the war-torn country.
NIA also probing Davinder Singh links with terror outfits Lashkar and Jaish, says there could be more J&K cops involved in arranging logistics for terror operatives.
Story about the disappearance of ex-ISI officer Mohammad Habib first surfaced in Pakistani WhatsApp groups and was subsequently picked up by the media.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
NSA designate Jake Sullivan’s remarks encapsulate the difference between Trump and President Biden. There is a continuity in government, an institutional character to decision making. All the more on something as important to the United States as ending the war in Afghanistan. An agreement – like the Iran nuclear deal – will not be jettisoned simply because it was one of the predecessor’s signature achievements.
India should support the Afghan govt in all possible ways. The process is slow, but finally Pakistan will realize its mistakes of trying to intervene in Afghan matters.
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NSA designate Jake Sullivan’s remarks encapsulate the difference between Trump and President Biden. There is a continuity in government, an institutional character to decision making. All the more on something as important to the United States as ending the war in Afghanistan. An agreement – like the Iran nuclear deal – will not be jettisoned simply because it was one of the predecessor’s signature achievements.
India should support the Afghan govt in all possible ways. The process is slow, but finally Pakistan will realize its mistakes of trying to intervene in Afghan matters.