All Entries in the "Security News" Category
An Overview of Pakistan
Pakistan which came into existence in the year 1947 is located on the western frontiers of India. Almost 95 percent of the population of the country consists of Muslim’s. The history of the country dates back to the ancient times when it was a part of the Indian continent and the Indus valley civilization thrived [...]
Security in Afghanistan
Afghanistan has become a strife ridden land in recent times due to certain crucial developments that have changed this land forever. The peace in this nation was disrupted largely after 1979 when the Taliban overthrew the existing rulers and established their own monarchy. The strict, anti-human rules and regulations of this new regime slowly resulted [...]
Israel lifts blockade
Israel has lost many friends in the past few weeks. It has managed to finish whatever was left of some estranged relations and has become a villain for Europe and the west. Its raid on the aid ships to Gaza which resulted in the death of many civilians will not be forgotten easily. The United [...]
Korea: A brief Overview
The Korean peninsula has witnessed a lot of unrest in recent times. The controversy over the South Korean battleship sinking in March has increased the tension between South and North. But even before the whole incident the Korean peninsula has not been entirely peaceful. It has seen a huge war which went on for three years [...]
How can we help Haiti?
Haiti is currently facing a very difficult situation because of the high intensity earthquake that it was recently struck by. It had just started to recover from its latest slew of hurricanes and storms and was getting back on track to a certain extent. Haiti has been stuck by utter devastation and disaster with over [...]
UN Forces
The UN forces are basically peacekeeping forces that help to make the world a better place to live in through their constant, untiring efforts. After the two world wars, there was felt a need to ensure that wars between nations was prevented effectively as it could have negative and large scale repercussion son on countries [...]
Taliban using Child Suicide Bombers
Taliban has been increasingly making use of desperate measures to spoil the peace in Afghanistan and to create unrest and conflict. As they cannot match up to the weapons and artillery of the US, they adopt creative ways to get back at the army. One of the inhuman and worst ways that they have recently [...]
A close look at the UN involvement in Afghanistan
Afghanistan has been suffering from the power rivalries and interventions of the foreign military for so long that it now seems that the people here have forgotten how to live independently. Despite of the efforts that have been made by UN, Taliban and other terrorist groups have tried their level best to disrupt the security [...]
Food security in Pakistan is tough to achieve
The condition of food security is Pakistan is not good and there are several evidences present that could justify this point. There is chronic food deprivation prevailing in Pakistan and this can be known by having little glimpse into their households. The term food security on the broader perspective means that the people living in [...]
Afghanistan: An Overview
Afghanistan is a country that lays great importance on tradition, culture and customs. There are a lot of beliefs and conventions that the Afghans are rooted in. Women are not allowed to venture alone without the company of a male relative, education of women is discouraged and even prohibited in some regions, the tenets of [...]
Xiangjhang
Uruqmi, the capital of Xiangjhang, has seen widespread riots between the Uiguurs and Han ethnic group. Many call this region as the Kashmir of China. It is yet to take the problematic proportions of Kashmir, but is definitely heading in that direction. Last year sectarian violence left 180 dead and many others dead. Violence flared up [...]
To Talk or Not. Taliban Peace Conference
One of the key issues that were discussed at the recently concluded three day peace conference was convincing the Taliban and other insurgents to give up arms. The conference began on Tuesday and was concluded on Friday. Different delegates who represented a diverse set of Afghanistan nationals discussed ways to end this bitter conflict. For [...]
Regional Meet in South Korea
The Korean peninsula has been center for too much drama in the recent months. The friction between the two nations North Korea and South Korea has been growing and the two nations look at the possibilities of a war. The fact that two countries might be at the brink of war has unnerved investors not [...]
US Needs to Rethink the use of Drones
The United States military on Sunday, 30th May accepted that the killing of civilians earlier this year was a mistake. Early this year the United States military had mistaken a group of travelling civilians as a convoy of Taliban terrorist and killed them using a drone strike. The Incident happened in Uruzgaon and killed 23 [...]
Costly Toys: Project overruns for important weapons in USA
The United States under President Obama has made several changes in its security strategy. The recently announced security policy by President Obama was indicative of this change. He said that the enemies of the United States would like to see over reach its influence. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have drained the United States [...]