Pakistan Appoints Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa as Army Chief of Staff

Pakistan’s government appointed a new army chief of staff on Saturday, a boost for democracy in the coup-prone nation and the first smooth transition for the top military job in 20 years. Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa was named to succeed Gen. Raheel Sharif, who became the first head of the army since 1996 to make way for his successor after completing a […]

Cross-border shelling between India and Pakistan escalates sharply; at least 20 dead

NEW DELHI — Heavy cross-border shelling in the disputed Kashmir region killed at least three Pakistani soldiers and seven Indian troops on Wednesday, Pakistan’s military said, in a sharp escalation of violence after a deadly ambush of three Indian soldiers. At least 10 civilians also were killed, witnesses said. Pakistan’s military announced the death toll […]

8 dead, dozens wounded in blasts at Pakistan ship breaking yard

At least eight people were killed and dozens were wounded in a series of explosions Tuesday at a ship breaking yard in southwest Pakistan, officials said. The blasts happened at the Gadani yard in Balochistan Province, Deputy Commissioner Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah told CNN. More than 30 workers are missing, according to police officer Rehmatullah […]

India says Pakistani diplomat arrested at Delhi zoo was spy ring kingpin

India says it will expel a Pakistani diplomat it accuses of being the “kingpin” of a spy ring, after his arrest on Wednesday outside the gates of the Delhi zoo, where police allege he was planning to meet Indian contacts he had recruited. Tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours are at their highest for more than a […]

Police academy in Pakistan attacked, 41 trainees killed

Several gunmen attacked the police academy in Quetta, Pakistan, killing at least 41 trainees and injuring 106. During the attack, there were approximately 700 trainees on the campus. The gunmen focused the attack on the hostel that housed the sleeping trainees. The majority of the trainees were killed by two explosive devices. So far three attackers have been […]

Sectarian violence spills into the UK

Two of the world’s nuclear powers almost went to war recently to little notice in the UK. And yet the group accused of being the spark for the violence and the countries involved are ones with deep historical links to this country. Violence in South Asia has a habit of resonating in Britain, be it […]

Pakistan’s terrorists by proxy

A prominent Pakistani journalist claims the government prohibited him from exiting the county after he wrote an article illuminating a potential schism between military and government leaders. The article claiming that Pakistan’s top spy agency is protecting militants comes as India has accused Islamabad of backing terrorists, stroking global fears of a potential conflict between the two nuclear armed […]

Indian army camp in Kashmir comes under attack

Attackers opened fire at a paramilitary camp in Indian-administered Kashmir, according to an army spokesperson, killing one border guard and wounding another. According to reports, it was the 46 Rashtriya Rifles army camp in Kashmir’s Baramulla district that came under attack on Sunday evening. Sunday’s incident comes just days after forces from India and Pakistan […]

Consequences of Pakistani Terrorism

India’s doctrine of “strategic restraint” toward Pakistan was tested again Wednesday, after the Indian Army responded to a Sept. 18 attack against an Indian base that killed 19 soldiers by conducting raids against terrorist facilities just inside Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. Islamabad has addressed the incidents with its usual mix of bluster and denial, but if it […]

India claims ‘surgical strikes’ against militants in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir

India’s military claimed Thursday it hit suspected militant camps in the Pakistan-controlled region of disputed Kashmir, marking a steep rise in tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals. Both sides offered sharply conflicting accounts, however, underscoring the heightened suspicions and volatility in an area that has been at the heart of India-Pakistan friction for decades. In […]

Why do we keep missing red flags with radical Islamic terrorists in the US?

It seems red flags are repeatedly being missed in regards to the radical Islamic terrorists here in the US. Looking into the past of Ahmad Rahami, the latest radical Islamic terrorist to carry out a terrorist attack on US soil, he began traveling to Quetta, Pakistan and Afghanistan multiple times over the past several of years. After […]