South Asian Institute for Counter-terrorism and Defense Studies

China furious over U.S. warship patrol Tensions between China and the U.S. have spiralled after Beijing expressed its “strong discontent” and “resolute opposition” following a patrol by a U.S. warship near two artificial islands in the South China Sea. C

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Sy Hersh: US version of Bin Laden raid is 'full of lies' - BBC News Pulitzer Prize-winning author Seymour Hersh says Osama Bin Laden operation was a joint US-Pakistani operation, raising a storm of criticism.

China and Russia Are as Close as Ever Xi Jinping’s appearance at Vladimir Putin’s side at the Victory Parade in Moscow signifies a deepened relationship based on a common adversary: the United States.

Happy Mothers Day To All Moms!!!

Terrorism has no religion nor boundary!

‘We have killed all the children... What do we do now?’ Conversations between the attackers and their handlers were shared with Afghan authorities on Wednesday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23399636

Latest data from the IDMC, the source of data for one of the Global Peace Index's indicators. Map shows the countries with the highest numbers of people displaced through conflict. Colombia has the highest number of internally displaced people, followed by Syria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which experienced huge increases in 2012 because of civil war and violence

Although terrorism is arguably the biggest threat that Pakistan is faced with, most mainstream political parties in their manifestos have not highlighted the issue enough, and seem to lack a definitive game plan on how to tackle this scourge !!!
http://tribune.com.pk/story/542838/existential-threat-tiptoeing-around-terror/

Read the story surrounding a river!

One river, two countries, too many dams Chinese reticence about projects on its stretch of the Brahmaputra do not assuage Indian fears about diversion of the river’s waters

Pakistan and Afghanistan repeatedly accuses each other of shelling and intrusions from across the porous border)))

Pakistan border post strikes up new tensions with Afghanistan …