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  Fall Of Dhaka 1971 “Our destiny took a violent crash when that decision was made not to transfer power to East Pakistan . Shaikh Mujeeb-ur-Rehman was undoubtedly undisputed leader of Pakistan , one Pakistan. He was supposed to be the Prime Minister of Pakistan .” Said by Barrister Iftikhar Ahmad, the war prisoner of 1971 war . Barrister Iftikhar Ahmad Group Captain (Retd.) Sultan Mehmood Hali, then a cadet at Pakistan Airforce Academy , shares his memory. “We were living in an apartment of the Dhaka University campus . Our next door neighbor used to every day show a big dagger which he used to sharpen and say he would say that this is the dagger I am going to slaughter you with this.” Group Captain (Retd.) Sultan Mehmood Hali General (Retd.) Asad Durrani was an Army Office during the Indo-Pak war of 1971 says, “that is where one came to the conclusion, we created Bangladesh like India created Pakistan ! I mean this is something that some people have a problem understanding...

JF-17 Thunder VS LAC Tejas Does Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder have better prospect of sales over Indian LCA Tejas ? Argentina is planning to purchase 12 JF-17 Block-3 fighter jets from Pakistan and the Argentinian Government proposed the 664 million USD allocation in its new budget. While the JF-17 has already secured export orders from Nigeria and Myanmar , while Indian LCA Tejas has miles to go in that front. Meanwhile the reports are emerging that more countries are now shifting their interest to other alternatives like the Chino-Pakistani JF-17 Thunder. The Argentine Air force chief, Brigadier Xavier Isaac , has also confirmed these speculations in an interview. He said, “The country would re-consider the JF-17 specially for the new Block-3 variant .” Brigadier Xavier Isaac - Argentine Air Force Chief This also marks an important development for the fighter which is co-produced by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) from Republic Of...

  9-11 When The World Changed It's been 20 years since hijacked passenger planes were flown into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon just outside Washington DC. This incident killed 3,000 people in World Trade Center. A whisper in the president's ear set in motion actions that changed the US and the world. After 3 days of the attacks, President George Bush stood atop the rubble of lower Manhattan and assured vengeance.   One Whisper That Changed History It began as a clear sunny Tuesday morning. Along east coast of USA, on September 11 2001 , American airlines flight 11 takes off from Boston followed by United Airlines flight 175 . A short while later American airlines flight 77 departs from Washington's Dulles airport and United Airlines flight 93 from New Jersey . At 8:46 am , flight 11 crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York. More than a 1,000 first responders head to the scene. Few minutes later, flight 175 crashes into...

Azerbaijan is another oil-based ECO economy that has done well not only to counter hunger within its boundaries both in terms of undernourished proportion of people and hunger in chronic forms in children but has used its oil resources well in many policy realms . Azerbaijan Azerbaijan in face of its well-rounded economic reforms that initiated in 1990 and that allowed initiation of liberalized process of foreign trade, improvements in finance and monetary-credit policy and customs and tax policy has now come to a position where it stands at a unique opportunity to enter the ranks of higher middle-income nations. This progress can be evidenced by the decline in the poverty rate from 50% in 2001 to 6% in 2012 and reduction in unemployment rate from 12% to 5% . While some of this improvement has been driven by high growth rates especially till 2009, a strong increase in wages, and the introduction of a well-targeted social benefit system, but when analyzed deeply much of it resulted...

On the outskirts of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta , firefighters battle ablaze at the prison in the early hours of the last morning. It started in block C of Tangarang jail , where inmates were sleeping in their cells . Fire Scene In Tangarang Jail - Indonesia Authorities say there wasn't enough time for guards to open all the cells in the overcrowded facility. At least 40 inmates were killed , trapped behind bars as the flames moved in. Worried families rushed to the prison when they heard of the fire. Masses were injured some suffered burns to almost the whole body . Fired Tangarang Jail Scene The jail was built in the 1970s and authorities have confirmed the electrical wiring had not been improved. Since authorities are investigating but say it's likely an electrical fault was the cause. Yasonna Laoly , Indonesian Law and Human Rights Minister says, “I have ordered the director general to check other prisons too because apart from fires caused by riots they are usually ...

The Taliban have established a new government in Afghanistan, a caretaker government dominated by the group's old guard. Let's start with the Prime Minister. A lot of names have been floated in the past few days but the Taliban have named Mulla Hassan Akhund as the new Prime Minister . Very little information is available about him in the public domain Mulla Hassan Akhund is said to be very close to Amer Sheikh. Habitullah Akunzada Hassan is one of the founding members of the Taliban and the head of the Rabai Sura or the Leadership Council for over 20 years. He also worked as foreign minister under Taliban rule in the 90s. Akhund has also been warrant by the United Nations . Mulla Hassan Akhund - Prime Minister Mulla Hassan Akhund will now have two deputies including Mullah Bradar . Bradar co-founded the Taliban in Afghanistan. He was the popular choice for Prime Minister. He had escaped to Pakistan after the Taliban regime was dethroned in 2001. He had commanded the group...

From a distance these men on patrol look like NATO soldiers wearing American tactical gear but if you look closer you'll see that these fighters are from the other side of Afghanistan's combat. This is the Taliban's elite Badri 313 brigade . 313 Badri Brigade It was founded by Badrudin Haqqani who was killed in a US drone strike in 2012. He was the son of Taliban co-founder Jalaluddin Haqqani . Now this unit is facing off against American soldiers at Kabul's airport wearing the same kit the Americans are leaving behind. Badri Force At Kabul Airport The Taliban says Badri 313 is the future of a group whose fighters have looked like this since the Taliban first emerged in 1994. If you're wondering why these Taliban fighters don't look like an average Taliban fighter, well it's because of a concerted effort by the Taliban leadership to unite disparate Taliban groups into one unified fighting force. As they have their own country and now they need an army. Saeed...

Who Are Talibans Talibans have been fighting the government and its allies in Afghanistan for 20 years. Currently they seem stronger than ever. History Of Taliban So who exactly are the Taliban? How is it that they have so much influence and power? And why are people worried they will capture Afghanistan — again? To understand the Talibans, you need to know what happened in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Afghan guerillas, called the MUJAHEDEEN , engaged a Soviet invasion for nine years. They even got monetary support and arms from the CIA. In 1989 the Soviets drawn out and the next couple of years were pretty messy. By 1992 there was a full-sized civil war with tribal leaders fighting for supremacy. Two years later a group called the Taliban started getting attention. Most of its adherents had studied in traditional religious schools in Afghanistan and across the border in Pakistan and some of them had also battled as mujahedeen and they had their own campaigns. By 1996 the Tali...