The sectarian dilemma in Pakistan
ahsanBy Umair Jamal If Pakistan is to become truly terror free, it should be ready to pay any price to rein in the sectarian militant groups. After a brazen terrorist…
The aftermath of the shadowy life and death of Mullah Omar
By Ahmed Rashid In late 1994 and much of 1995 I would stand outside the Kandahar residence of Mullah Mohammed Omar, leader of the newly formed Taliban movement, hoping to…
Allies with checkered past
By Nadeem Mumtaz Qureshi The relationship between the United States of America and Pakistan is not monolithic. It consists of three distinct strands each of which has to be…
Pakistan won 1965 war
The war of 1965, fought between India and Pakistan, is quite significant in the history of both the countries. In Indian history it is there to serve as a reminder…
Operation Zarb-e-Azb in final stages
Says Chief of Army Staff General Raheel visited the front lines in Waziristan, where he directed operation commanders to ensure that terrorists remain cut off from their “friends and their…
Battle of Chawinda – 1965 war
By Interaction Desk The Battle of Chawinda, which took place during the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War, was one of the largest tank battles since the Second World War. It has been…
Together we fought
By Brig (R) Farooq Afzal Hardly the company was settled on captured Indian positions without any F-echelon and heavy anti tank weapons when we heard enemy tanks approaching from the…
Pakistan Army at the gates of Delhi in 1965 War?
By: Riaz Haq "...A major battle the west of the Beas would end in the destruction of the Indian Army and thereafter allow the enemy (Pakistani) forces to push to…
The spirit of 1965 war
By Col. Syed Shahid Abbas It was midnight 5/6 September 1965 when our unforgiving neighbor not comfortable with the cessation of this new found Muslim state ventured to mow it…
Remembering the Pak-Indo War
By Talal Raza September, 1965, thousands of Pakistani soldiers laid down their lives to repulse the Indian attack on Pakistan. Same month, after 47 years, the foreign ministers of both…
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