Islamabad, July 24 (IANS) Pakistan’s approach to militant groups, a strategy that some researchers have termed as the distinction between “good militants” and “bad militants”, has created long-term consequences as some groups have evolved beyond the control of the state, a report has detailed. Over 72,000 people have been killed in terrorism-related violence in Pakistan since March 2000, which include more than 23,000 civilians, over 38,000 militants and more than 11,000 security forces personne…
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Dhaka/Ankara, June 14 (IANS) Bangladesh’s defence cooperation with Turkey carries a significant risk due to Ankara’s persistent and aggressive backing of extremist Islamist groups, which is unlikely to yield meaningful gains for ordinary people in the South Asian nation and could further strain the millions who slipped into poverty last year.While Dhaka requires defence cooperation to advance its goal of self-sufficiency, placing excessive reliance on a nation that builds its foundation on “lies…
Islamabad, April 25 (IANS) Pakistan considers proxy warfare as a cost-effective tool to pressurise India with an aim to inflict sustained, low-intensity damage that would drain India’s resources, unsettle internal stability, and elevate disputes like Kashmir to the global stage. While conventional war carries the risk of escalation and defeat, proxy conflict offers a way to sustain hostilities without triggering the nuclear threshold that emerged after both countries developed nuclear capabiliti…
Imphal, April 22 (IANS) Security forces in Manipur have recovered sophisticated arms and ammunition along the India-Myanmar border and, in a separate operation, dismantled six illegal bunkers in the mountainous Kangpokpi district, officials said on Wednesday. A senior police official stated that the recoveries were made from the India-Myanmar border region under the Moreh police station in Tengnoupal district.The seized items include one AK-47 rifle with a magazine, one carbine with a maga…
Islamabad, March 30 (IANS) Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership should be pressed to confront the consequences of decades of strategic tolerance and nurturing towards terrorism operating from its soil — an approach that has made the country the most terror-affected in the world, according to a new report. The Pakistani people, who have borne the greatest cost of this policy in blood, deserve leadership that places their security above entrenched strategic doctrines.”For decades, Pakistan…
Islamabad, March 2 (IANS) A local court in Pakistan has sent hundreds of Afghan nationals to jail who were detained during the crackdown launched on foreigners residing illegally in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported on Monday. The Afghan refugees, who were sent to jail on judicial remand on Sunday, were arrested on Saturday when the law enforcement personnel conducted the crackdown, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported. The judicial magistrate, Mohammad Anwar Khan, directed…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The anti-India rhetoric in Bangladesh is set to rise as the country gets set to vote in February to elect a new government. Intelligence agencies have picked up intercepts suggesting that violence is set to go up as the elections near, and these are well-planned events and not sporadic.Drumming up the anti-India narrative is a strategy devised by the ISI-controlled Jamaat-e-Islami. While the ISI is doing this for obvious reasons, for the Jamaat, the intention is to conso…