Pakistan: the New Frontline

Pakistan: the new frontline
Washington's military strategy in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region is expanding its range of enemies,

writes Paul Rogers

BY THE end of August 2008 it was clear that Afghanistan was becoming the principal focus of the George W Bush administration's war on terror. Iraq was believed to be making a transition to some sort of peace after more than five years of war; but as the violence there at last showed some signs of diminishing, so the problems in Afghanistan were escalating.......................

BNP to Continue Good Steps: Khaleda

If elected, BNP to continue good steps of interim govt,

Let JS review bad ones.... Khaleda Zia

tells New Age in an exclusive interview Staff Correspondent
Former prime minister and chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Khaleda Zia, has said that her party, if voted to power again, ‘may have to accept some irregularities’ of the present regime ‘which has set its own course, tenure, jurisdiction and agenda’................

Pakistan On The Brink

Pakistan On The Brink

is at the center of a gathering fire storm engulfing south and central Asia in the most volatile confrontation since 9/11. Pakistan, Afghanistan, the US and NATO all bear heavy responsibility for the crisis. AHMED RASHID

For the past seven years the Bush administration studiously ignored the Afghan Taliban and Al Qaeda leadership gathering in the tribal areas of Pakistan, and now scrambles to make up for lost time. US elections are looming, and facing the humiliating prospect of Osama bin Laden outlasting a two-term presidency and even expanding his reach, Bush has pushed the Pentagon into a do-or die-hunt for bin Laden. Whether the search for an "October surprise" for the election succeeds or not, the radical threat is now beyond easy military solution........