Defence general

06 Aug 2010

05 Aug 2010

With the row over BlackBerry services spiralling, US authorities have said they are in touch with these countries over their concerns with regard to the Blackberry’s accessibility.

05 Aug 2010

Research in Motion apparently has different rules for different countries as far as tapping of its messaging service is concerned with the revelation that US authorities may tap its service if so interested.

31 Jul 2010

The head of the Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence, Lt Gen Shuja Pasha, has called off a scheduled visit to Britain, ostensibly in protest against prime minister David Cameron's recent critical remarks.

31 Jul 2010

In a rejoinder to the US and ASEAN nations China said Friday it had "indisputable sovereignty" over the South China Sea but would continue to allow others to freely navigate this busy waterway.

29 Jul 2010

British PM David Cameron has defended his remarks on Pakistan saying it was "important to speak frankly", even as Pakistan said it was "saddened" by his remarks.

28 Jul 2010

By Rajiv Singh | 27 Jul 2010

In easily a hilarious development, nominal allies and supposedly ‘sworn enemies,’ the United States, Pakistan and the Taliban, all provided covering fire to each other over the WikiLeaks expose. Rajiv Singh

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