Parrikar admits gaps in Pathankot lapses
The ease with which a bunch of terrorists infiltrated the high-security Pathankot air base and unleashed mayhem has shocked India. Even as speculation continues about the identity of attackers, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has finally admitted that there were lapses in the security system at the airbase. “The operations at the Pathankot Air Base, attacked […]
Japan reaches out to Russia for peace deal
Seeking to mend fences, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reached out to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin for a summit meeting as he renewed his call for progress on an elusive World War II peace treaty. Japan and Russia have never officially struck a peace accord more than after 70 years after the end of […]
Targeting Iran: Sudan, Bahrain cut ties, UAE downgrades ties
After the historic nuclear deal in July 2015 between Iran and the P5+1 countries, Iran’s international isolation seemed to have come to an end. However, the recent developments in the Middle East could end up isolating Iran in the region. Saudi Arabia began the backlash by cutting off its diplomatic ties with Iran after its […]
After Mazar-e-Sharif, blast near Indian consulate in Jalalabad
Barely hours after terrorists targeting the Indian consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif were gunned down, an explosion erupted in Jalalabad near the Indian consulate on January 5, signaling the renewed onslaught on India’s interests and assets in Afghanistan. The explosion occurred in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad close to foreign consulate buildings including those of […]
US’ message to Saudi Arabia, Iran: Show restraint
In the backdrop of escalating tensions in the Middle East, the US has asked Saudi Arabia and Iran to show restraint as the tensions between the two regional powers erupted into a full-blown diplomatic crisis over the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, a Shiite cleric. US Secretary of State John Kerry contacted the foreign ministers of […]
US asks Pakistan to take action against Pathankot terrorists
In an act of solidarity with India in the wake of the Pathankot terror attack, the US has literally served a notice to Pakistan saying that it expects Islamabad to act on its promise of eliminating all terrorists and stressed that in doing so it will not discriminate among terror groups. “The government of Pakistan […]
Questions we must ask about the Pathankot attack
Some things about the attack on the Pathankot IAF base are obvious. First, something is seriously wrong with our border management in the area. Despite the fencing and presumably heavy patrolling, Pakistani militants seem to get through with surprising ease. This is the fifth attack in the area since September 2013, which follows a near identical […]