Former captive Caitlan Coleman reveals details of life in Taliban prison
News Analysis | Caitlan Coleman, the recently freed member of the Coleman-Boyle family has given out details of violence and sexual assault perpetrated by Taliban-linked...
Congress delinks LET from Coalition Support Fund certification
News Analysis | The US Congress has removed the name of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) from the certification clause in the National Defence Authorisation Act 2018. The...
How does the new US Defense Budget affect South Asia?
News Analysis | On Thursday, the US Congress passed the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) 2018 that allotted $700 billion for defense purposes. The NDAA...
30% increase in US Troops to Afghanistan
AFP with additional desk reporting | Approximately 3,000 additional American troops have now been deployed to Afghanistan under President Donald Trump's revised strategy for the...
People from Amish community live 10 years longer
AFP | Scientists have found a genetic mutation in the Amish people of the midwestern United States that appears to make them live 10 years...
General Bajwa meets Commander CENTCOM, demands action from Afghanistan
News Analysis | Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa, while meeting General Joseph L. Votel, the Commander of US Central Command (US...
Trump ignores Duterte’s human rights violations
Reuters | The issue of human rights and alleged extrajudicial killings in the Philippines was not discussed during a meeting on Monday between U.S. President...
APEC signals US’ waning influence in Asia
M K Bhadrakumar | If the APEC forum ever provided a testing ground to estimate how far the United States can resuscitate American power in...
US to Pakistan: no reimbursements if action not taken against LET
News Analysis | The US Congress while authorizing the disbursement of $700 million in Coalition Support Fund (CSF) to Pakistan for the support it lends...
Trump pressurizing East Asia to accept US policies in region?
Dr Zafar Jaspal | President Donald Trump is on his East Asia trip. The primary objective of the tour is trade and investment. However, the...
No bear ‘hugs’ but Trump calls Xi Jinping “a very special man”
Reuters | U.S. President Donald Trump called on China to do more to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue and said bilateral trade had been...
“Mad Dog” Mattis Demands Global War Authorization For Trump!
Andrew Korybko | US Secretary of Defense James “Mad Dog” Mattis is arguing that there shouldn’t be any geographic limitations imposed on the President’s power...