Tag: Afghanistan
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US: The Paradigm Shift
The US leadership that never failed to harp on its avowed principle of supporting the democratic forces all over the world has failed to notice the democratic change in Pakistan, which has opened a window of opportunity for the US to work with the people…
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Mubarak’s Destabilising Role
Israel’s Gaza carnage started just a day after Tzipi Livni, Israeli foreign minister, returned from Egypt after meeting, pro-western secular president, Mr. Hosni Mubarak. Israeli Foreign minister’s this visit has proved very costly to Gazans who are paying their debt to Mubark’s back door diplomacy….
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Impossible Regime Change in Iran
Down the lane of history Western leaders have shown paucity, at times, rather absence of any moral standards while dealing with Islam or Islamic regimes. They usually claimed to uphold the standard of justice and fair play, however, in most cases whenever any Islamic regime…
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Iran and the US: Regime Change Not an Option
Anti Iran enthusiasts in the US hope that one day Iran will witness yet another homegrown revolution of its own and get rid of the Mullah (Clergy) enjoying sweeping powers there. A reality check, however, tells entirely a different story and reveals why regime change…
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What Have We Made of Ourselves?
Whatever may have caused it; whatever may have provided the inspiration; whatever may have given the impetus to the present killing spree in the lands of Islam, one thing is certain: the onus of responsibility lies on Muslim leadership especially the religious leadership.The religion whose…
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Relevance of Imam Ali (AS)
Quite in the early days of Islam Imam Ali could see that prayers and fasting of a foolish and stolid person did not serve any purpose in Islam if they did not match its spirit. Were it not for him Islam would have been uprooted…
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Beyond the Makkah Accord
The Mecca accord reached last week between Fatah and Hamas, rather between President Mahmud Abbas of Fatah and Khaled Meshaal of Hamas as the gambits of factional fighting between two political identities in occupied Palestine has personal nature than due to some gross ideological differences…
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Bull in a China Shop
No one underestimates Washington ‘s immediate ability to deliver ‘shock and awe’ that mostly is time fixed in April-May this year, however, what one doubts is the US ability to deal with post ‘shock and awe’ scenario at regional and global level.Unfortunately protagonists of US…
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Bubbling Cauldron of Inhumanity
Reacting to the assessments of General Petraeus, ambassador RyanCrocke, crooked and partial to official lines though they were, Bush haspromised to withdraw US forces from Iraq starting from Dec. this year. Nothing, however, is expected to change.With law and order situation deteriorating to the extreme,…
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Understanding the Root Cause of Terrorism
Without understanding the root cause of terrorism Muslims are being stereotyped by Americans as terrorists or terrorists in the making. Nothing can be far from the truth. However, the unfortunate incidents like the Fort Hood, Texas do more to cement the mindset than to create…