Defence general

23 Jul 2010

In only the second such instance in this troubled country’s history, Pakistan's powerful army chief, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, has been provided a 3-year extension.

23 Jul 2010

Breaking weeks of enigmatic silence the United States has finally said it will vote against an exemption for China to sell two civil nuclear reactors to Pakistan at the Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting.

23 Jul 2010

Breaking weeks of enigmatic silence the United States has finally said it will vote against an exemption for China to sell two civil nuclear reactors to Pakistan at the Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting.

23 Jul 2010

The Obama administration has imposed financial sanctions against some key fund managers of the infamous Haqqani Network and the Taliban leadership.

21 Jul 2010

With an international conference in Kabul voicing support for continued international security presence in Afghanistan, US president Obama has voiced his resolve to break Taliban momentum.

20 Jul 2010

The international community seems inclined to go along with Afghan president Hamid Karzai’s date of 2014 for Afghans to assume responsibility for their country’s security.

20 Jul 2010

The Indian representative to the international conference in Kabul, SM Krishna, has stressed that any new process to stabilise the situation here must be fully "Afghan-led and Afghan-owned."

20 Jul 2010

An international donors conference in Kabul, amongst others things, will also look at reconciliation with the Taliban and set the pace for geo-political manoeuvrings in the Indian sub-continent region.

19 Jul 2010

19 Jul 2010

Afghanistan and Pakistan have signed an agreement which allows Afghanistan to use Pakistani land routes to access India and allow reciprocal Pakistani access to Central Asian destinations.

By Rajiv Singh | 16 Jul 2010

Delhi went into scramble mode today to contain potential damage from the taunts let loose by Pakistan at Indian foreign minister SM Krishna even before he had left Pakistani soil.

16 Jul 2010

The Indo-Pak dialogue hit a nasty road bump yesterday with the foreign ministers meet not only failing to yield results but also deteriorating into a slanging match at a joint press conference.

14 Jul 2010

12 Jul 2010

12 Jul 2010

Ending the Maoist insurgency requires different strategies towards different layers of the insurgents, argue Manu Sharma and Raja Karthikeya

07 Jul 2010

China is reported to be planning to build rail link to Pakistan via Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), so as to extend its reach to the Arabian Sea

03 Jul 2010

03 Jul 2010

In a key development, Gen David H Petraeus, the architect of US’s military turnaround in Iraq, assumes command as chief of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

03 Jul 2010

With casualties of security forces mounting because of increased use of Improvised Explosive Devices, India is testing a Swedish radar designed to sniff them out before they cause damage.

02 Jul 2010

A top Pentagon official has made a fresh pitch for US companies to get the  $10-billion deal for 126 fighter aircraft of C-17 transport aircraft.

01 Jul 2010

Research in Motion and the Government of India appear headed for another face-off with the Blackberry service provider being given 15 days to allow Indian security agencies access to its services.

01 Jul 2010

01 Jul 2010

The IAF’s marathon attempt to secure a medium range, multi-role combat aircraft has crossed another milestone with technical evaluation reports from field trials now ready for consideration.

29 Jun 2010

The US has asked China to clarify details of its proposed initiative to supply two nuclear reactors to Pakistan, saying the deal would need an agreement of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.

28 Jun 2010

In a historic development Japan and India began the first round of talks in Tokyo today on exporting nuclear power generation technology to this energy-starved nation.