September, 2016
IN THE NEWS: CLINTON FEARS EMERGENCE OF NUCLEAR SUICIDE BOMBERS FROM PAKISTAN (SEPTEMBER 30, 2016)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Clinton fears emergence of nuclear suicide bombers from Pakistan SOURCE: Asia Times Friday, September 30, 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has expressed concern over the possibility of emergence of nuclear suicide bombers from Pakistan if jihadists get access to the country’s atomic weapons, a media report […]
IN THE NEWS: AS THE SITUATION WORSENS BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND INDIA… (SEPTEMBER 30, 2016)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten As the situation worsens between Pakistan and India… SOURCE: Daily Times Friday, September 30, 2016 Trying to live up to its pre-election promise of not going ‘soft’ on Pakistan, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led (BJP) government in its attempt at giving Pakistan a supposedly ‘befitting reply’ for its […]
IN THE NEWS: U.S. AND CHINA WON’T TAKE SIDES IN INDIA-PAKISTAN FRACAS (SEPTEMBER 29, 2016)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten US and China won’t take sides in India-Pakistan fracas SOURCE: Asia Times Thursday, September 29, 2016 (Posted) By M.K. BHADRAKUMAR With both China and the US becoming stakeholders in strategic partnership with Pakistan, Delhi’s campaign to ‘isolate’ Pakistan has no future to speak of. The decision by […]
IN THE NEWS: ARMY RUBBISHES INDIAN ‘SURGICAL STRIKES’ CLAIM AS TWO PAKISTANI SOLDIERS KILLED AT LOC (SEPTEMBER 29, 2016)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Army rubbishes Indian ‘surgical strikes’ claim as two Pakistani soldiers killed at LoC SOURCE: Dawn Thursday, September 29, 2016 By SYED SAMMER ISLAMABAD: At least two Pakistan Army soldiers were killed as Indian troops fired across the Line of Control in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Inter-Services Public […]
IN THE NEWS: SURGICAL STRIKES – WHAT IS IT? WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? (SEPTEMBER 29, 2016)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Surgical strikes: What is it? Why is it important? SOURCE: The Indian Express Thursday, September 29, 2016 *Surgical strikes: DGMO Lt General Ranbir Singh in a joint press briefing with the MEA revealed that Indian forces led by a Special Operations Group led the surgical strikes operation […]
IN THE NEWS: PAKISTAN USED REFUGEES ISSUE AS PRESSURE TOOL, SAYS GHANI (SEPTEMBER 28, 2016)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Pakistan Used Refugees Issue as Pressure Tool: Ghani SOURCE: Daily Outlook Afghanistan Wednesday, September 28, 2016 KABUL – President Ashraf Ghani has alleged Pakistan is using the issue of Afghan refugees as pressure tool against Afghanistan. According to a senior government official, as many as 6,500 refugees […]
IN THE NEWS: INDIA USING WATER AS INSTRUMENT OF WAR, SAYS SHERRY (SEPTEMBER 28, 2016)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten India using water as instrument of war: Sherry SOURCE: The Frontier Post Wednesday, September 28, 2016 ISLAMABAD (INP): Vice President Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian (PPPP), Senator Sherry Rehman while commenting on India’s threat to abrogate the ‘Indus Water Treaty’ has said that the use of water as […]
IN THE NEWS: TERRORISM WON’T RESOLVE KASHMIR DISPUTE, SAYS SHAUKAT ALI KASHMIRI (SEPTEMBER 27, 2016)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Terrorism won’t resolve Kashmir dispute: Shaukat Ali Kashmiri SOURCE: Afghanistan Sun (ANI) Tuesday, September 27, 2016 Geneva (Switzerland), Sept. 27 (ANI): The Chairman of the United Kashmir People National Party, Shaukat Ali Kashmiri has said India has a locus standi on Kashmir, and committing acts of terror […]
IN THE NEWS: COULD AN INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFLICT SPILLOVER TO CHINA? (SEPTEMBER 26, 2016)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Could an India-Pakistan conflict spillover to China SOURCE: Afghanistan Sun (ANI) Monday, September 26, 2016 Hong Kong, Sept. 26 (ANI): As security tensions spiked between India and Pakistan following an attack on an Indian Army base in Kashmir on 18 September, the question should be asked whether […]
IN THE NEWS: AIRSTRIKE KILLS SENIOR PAKISTANI MILITANT LEADER IN AFGHANISTAN (SEPTEMBER 26, 2016)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Airstrike Kills Senior Pakistani Militant Leader in Afghanistan SOURCE: VOA Monday, September 26, 2016 Suspected U.S. airstrikes in southeastern Afghanistan are believed to have killed a top commander of the extremist Pakistan Taliban and several of his partners. The overnight attack took place in Bermal district of […]