LONDON: One of the most explosive spots on earth today is the so-called Durand Line, the 2,640 kilometre border, much of it in harsh mountain country, between Afghanistan and Pakistan. This is where the United States and its NATO allies are battling the Taliban — and are facing the possibility of military defeat. Of all the [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 14, 2008
After Georgian venture men at Kremlin have started having second thoughts. They are now not following dollar-dominated world economy rather pursuing Euro-oriented territories with a multi-pronged policy. Many do not believe but some do. The Russians have not forgotten their 10 years in Afghanistan and how their armies were bleeding in the mountains [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 9, 2008
KABUL: Between 1979 and 1989 thousands of Soviet soldiers died in Afghanistan fighting the US-backed mujahideen. But 110 British soldiers have been killed in the country since 2001 as fighting rages with the Taleban. So what do Russian veterans think of Afghanistan and the current Nato campaign? “It’s not the truth,” said a voice over [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 9, 2008
KABUL: Between 1979 and 1989 thousands of Soviet soldiers died in Afghanistan fighting the US-backed mujahideen. But 110 British soldiers have been killed in the country since 2001 as fighting rages with the Taleban. So what do Russian veterans think of Afghanistan and the current NATO campaign? “It’s not the truth,” said a voice over [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 21, 2008
MOSCOW: Russia has warned that any unilateral action against Iran’s nuclear facilities would repeat a mistake of the Iraq invasion. The warning came from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov while speaking in Moscow. He said Russia has repeatedly been asking the US and the Israeli authorities to provide factual information about their assertions that Iran [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 19, 2008
By Azhar Masood Chinese Defence Industry, mainly NORINCO, has light and heavy grade weaponry which has Soviet designation, It has built many weapon systems for air, land and sea forces but could not inject hi-tec sophistication as done by the USA, UK, France, Italy and even France. This time Chinese are making an [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 7, 2008
By Azhar Masood Are we heading towards a bipolar world without Ideological Diversity but only clash of economic interests I think after cold war and dismemberment of the Soviet Union in late 80s a realization is surfacing at important capitals ,”No More Unipolar World”. This realizations though still lacks sufficient international diplomatic support but after seeing [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, April 26, 2008
By azhar Masood Russia’s rearmament program, approved in 2006 for a period until 2015, provides for supplying modern weapons to its armed forces. One of them is the Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback fighter-bomber, which will replace the Sukhoi Su-24 Fencers. The process has begun, but some say the replacement is taking too long. The new fighter-bomber is [...]
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