After three years of siege around Gaza and by costing nine lives of Turks the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has now finally demanded the end of Israel’s siege of Gaza Strip by calling it the violation of International Humanitarian Law.
Israels raid on Gaza aid Flotila two weeks ago, which resulted in the death of nine Turkish activists, has now once again came in the spotlight of International News Agencies.
Kyrgystan won its independence after the collapse with the Soviet Union, one of the superpower in 1991, has been in trouble since the revolt that toppled Government on April 7.
Couple of days back the riots broke out in Osh, the country’s second largest city. Rioters have destroyed most of the city by setting fires. Residents of the Osh, in a large number, are considering moving towards Uzbekistan.
The Government has extended the state of emergency after the death toll rises in the riots. The government has given shoot to kill orders to the troops to stabilize the situation.
On 10th and 11th of june, the Council of Heads of the SCO(Shanghai Cooperation Organization) took place in Tashkent. The fierce focus of the communication between the states was on the stabilization of Asia.
Asif Ali Zardari will adress the summit on Friday and will also hold the biliteral dialouges with Presidents of Russia and China. Pakistani delegation will include the Interior Minister Rehman Malik. Defence Minister Chauhdary mukhtar.
You might say that there are no generations of war, war is just a war, that there are two or more countries that fought with each other used their weaponry against enemy and bla bla. But yes, there are generations of warfare. In 1989 US military has created the term Generation Warfare. There are actually four generations of warfare.
FIRST GENERATION WARFARE:
This generation includes the use of conventional weapons like Rifles. “First generation warfare” refers to battles fought with massed manpower, using line and column tactics with uniformed soldiers governed by the state. Read more…
It is said that Afghanistan is the “Graveyard of Empires”. You might not believe it because it makes no sense that how the country which has no Institutions, no regular Army, no Economy has defeated the largest Empires of their times. The common man in Afghanistan is living a life of Stone Age in 21st century. Read more…
On Sunday night, the tribesmen claimed that they have shot down one US Drone Plane in North Waziristan, which was flying with very low altitude on Tribal Areas.
From the start of the New Year US has increased the drone strikes on North Waziristan and eight to ten strikes have already been done so far. On Sunday night the tribesmen shot it down just when it entered the tribal territory.
One should not ignore the other angle of this incident that maybe Pak Army helped those tribes in shooting down the Drone and this could be a warning from Pakistan’s Armed Forces to put an immediate halt to US airspace violations and missile attacks in Pakistan.
While the US Defense Secretary Robert Gates was meeting with our Government Top Officials and persuading them to launch Military operation in North Waziristan , Major General Athar Abbas of ISPR makes the statement that Pakistan Military will not launch any kind of new operation anywhere in Pakistan for at least one year.
Pakistan Military is currently fighting against Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Swat Valley and South Waziristan. Military has done an outstanding job in those areas and almost all the important peaks and areas are now under control of Pak Army. The infrastructure in those areas is totally destroyed and needs rehabilitation. The building of roads, hospitals, schools etc will take several months to years. Read more…
