On 12 February 2013, during the State of the Union Address, U.S. President Barack Obama announced, "Tonight, I can announce that over the next year, another 34,000 American troops will return home from Afghanistan. This withdrawal will continue. And by the end of next year, our war in Afghanistan will be over." Just before this announcement, Pakistan had already started the release of Afghan Talban which has increased its pace…

On Tuesday 12th February, many Pakistani newspapers including The News, Dawn, The Nation and Daily Times reported a conference held on Monday 11th February at Pakistan National Council of the Arts to commemorate National Women Day. It was attended by different human rights and women rights NGOs and was arranged by the Aurat Foundation, South Asia Partnership-Pakistan (SAP-PK), Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO), Sungi Development Foundation and Sustainable Development Policy Initiative.…

After two years of desperately trying to derail the revolution through a combination of Arab League initiatives, UN backed peace plans, and bloodshed perpetrated at the hands of its agent Assad, America still finds itself floundering. Washington is nowhere near to devising a suitable alternative to Assad's regime and continues regurgitate failed political solutions in the vain hope that the Islamic character of the revolution will somehow be thwarted. In…

On January 15, 2013, the government of Bangladesh and Russia signed a $1 billion arms deal. According to the Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia will provide Bangladesh a credit of $1 billion, which will be spent on the purchase of Russian weapons and military technology. Newspapers in Dhaka reported that the purchase agreement includes orders for armoured vehicles and infantry weapons, air defence systems and Mi-17 transport helicopters. This deal…