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Regional implications of Myanmar’s ethnic conflict
Myanmar’s lingering ethnic conflicts are confined to the minority-inhabited frontiers regions and have cross-border ramifications. The country shares borders with a number of nations, including Thailand, China, India and Bangladesh and whenever fighting between the armed forces and the ethnic militias had intensified, the minority communities...
Stoning to Death, Taliban is Still Alive
With an exit forced on Taliban in 2001, the world had come to believe that it was finally time when the winds of change would propel Afghanistan on the path of present to a brighter future. But, hardly has the world been wrong in its prophecies as much as it was in this case. On the one hand where the newly inaugurated Cabinet of Ministers in...
The Girl he left behind...
I remember the first time I met Surbhi. Dehradun, Jan 2013. This new couple had joined the battalion, and we met each other at an informal party. They were an extremely good looking couple to say the least! I also clearly remember the beautiful jacket that Surbhi was wearing, that was our conversation starter. On our very first meeting itself...
Winter strategy for counter terrorism and counter propaganda in J&K
The state of Jammu and Kashmir has recently culminated its traditional “Durbar Move” from Srinagar to Jammu. This is a unique feature of the state that has two capitals – the summer capital in Srinagar and the winter capital in Jammu. The move of the seat of the government normally also heralds a shift in the policy of terror mongers in...
Paris Attacks: If IS faces setbacks, may react with more terror
The serial terror attacks in Paris on Friday, which left more 127 dead and many more injured, was the third terror incident in recent times and by far the largest ever in France. They were obviously meticulously planned. The attackers had chosen their targets with care. The attackers are dead and it will be sometime before their identities can...