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Written by Jalil Ahmed
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February, 2010 |
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India's outside sheen of progress and prosperity hides seething unrest, evident from the numerous insurgencies and internal conflicts raging across the country. India is rent with formidable and complex insurgencies. With one billion people speaking 22 official languages in 1,656 dialects, it seethes with insurgencies in 13 provinces and more than 17 ethnic militant movements in addition to Muslims in the Indian-occupied Kashmir struggling to shed off the Brahmin yoke.
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Written by Shehzad H. Qazi
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February, 2010 |
 The invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 has further worsened the country's politico-economic condition. There seems to be no hope for improvement unless the West rethinks its approach. Over the past nine years, the United States and its allies have conceived Afghanistan as a key military challenge. In April 2009 the Obama Administration defined its goals to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and... prevent their return to either country in the future." Obama's revised strategy has maintained this goal and added to it the pursuit of "reversing the momentum of the Taliban." This thinking, however, which limits Afghanistan's problems to the insurgency and terrorism, represents a conceptual deficit. Afghanistan's local problems and Afghanistan as an international problem cannot be explained within the narrow context of U.S. security threats from al Qaeda. Afghanistan's fundamental problem is that is a low-income country stuck in several developmental traps.
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Written by Israr ul Haque
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February, 2010 |
 How successful was the Malakand Operation? There are many questions that need to be answered.Both the government of Pakistan as well as the Obama administration have been vexing eloquent about the success achieved in the recent Malakand operation. Admiral Mike Mullen has called the operation a ‘model'. Holbrooke has been all praise for bringing back home the 2.1 million displaced people. The President of Pakistan as well as the Pakistan Army Chief have claimed to have broken the backbone of the militants.
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Written by Asma Siddiqui
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February, 2010 |
 Turtles, particularly the species found in the waters of South Asia, could disappear in the coming years if adequate measures are not taken to protect them. A walk on the sandy beach, a dip in the cool waters, a ride on camelback and a castle carved out of sand, are glimpses of fun moments at the sea. But what is fun for humans is breeding ground for an extinct species - the Green turtles. They are the largest of all marine turtles.
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Written by Tahera Sajid
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February, 2010 |
 Interfaith unions bring a unique set of issues that couples and their children have to deal with all their lives.Though now subject to varied definitions, marriage is a complex relationship traditionally acknowledged to be a happy union between a man and a woman. Ideally, also, marriages take place between people considered compatible in beliefs and values that would make the union fulfilling and long-lasting.
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