Germans are popular in India and Pakistan, but not always for the right reasons. Many in South Asia have nothing but admiration for Adolf Hitler and still associate Germany with the Third Reich. Everyday encounters with the love of all things Nazi makes German visitors cringe.
The Führer Cult: Germans Cringe at Hitler’s Popularity in Pakistan [...]

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Second, by detailing how the Pakistani government was involved in nuclear transfers to Iran, Khan raises new questions about Beijing’s role. Why? The Pakistani nuclear weapons program is essentially an extension of the Chinese one. China, beginning around 1974, transferred bomb technology to Pakistan. Beijing’s assistance was crucial, extensive, and continuous. As Gary Milhollin of [...]

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At least 16 militants were killed on Tuesday after US drones fired numerous missiles at a village in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said.
The strike, which officials said involved 18 missiles fired from eight of the unmanned planes, is the latest in a series of US attacks on the lawless [...]

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Almost certainly India is looking to the future, at a post-US withdrawal from Afghanistan scenario. Despite US efforts to build up Indian military capabilities as a counter-balance to growing Chinese strength, India remains conscious of its inability to meet China militarily or economically on equal terms.
With the imminent US departure from Afghanistan, China is going [...]

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A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could cause severe “climate cooling” and may have a devastating impact on agricultureTwitter Facebook ShareEmail Print Save Commentworldwide, says a report jointly produced by Japan and Australia on nuclear-non proliferation and disarmament.
Nuclear war between India, Pak could spell climate disaster : Report – Global Warming – Environment – Home – The Times [...]

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Since the suicide bombing that took the lives of seven Americans in Afghanistan on Dec. 30, the Central Intelligence Agency has struck back against militants in Pakistan with the most intensive series of missile strikes from drone aircraft since the covert program began. Beginning the day after the attack [...]

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Pakistan is likely to become a more Islamist state and increasingly anti-American in the coming years, complicating U.S. efforts to win its support against Islamist militants, a report released on Tuesday said.
The report, which looks at Pakistan over a one-to-three year time horizon, rules out the possibility of a Taliban takeover or of it becoming [...]

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India is preparing for a possible “two-front war” with China and Pakistan, Geo News quoted an Indian newspaper as saying on Wednesday.
The newspaper said the Indian Army is now revising its five-year-old doctrine to effectively meet the challenges of war with China and Pakistan, deal with asymmetric and fourth-generation warfare, enhance strategic reach and joint [...]

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North Korea has constructed a plant to manufacture a gas needed for uranium enrichment, according to a previously unpublicized account by the father of Pakistan’s atomic bomb program, a development that indicates Pyongyang opened a second way to build nuclear weapons as early as the 1990s.
Pakistani scientist depicts more advanced nuclear program in North [...]

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“When they can’t guarantee there will be no attacks in their own country, they can’t guarantee India won’t be attacked.”
India, angry at Pakistan’s refusal to act against the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group blamed for killing 166 people in the Mumbai attacks, has rejected calls for talks and suggested it could even retaliate were there to be [...]

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