Al-Qaeda has Found a Safe Haven in Pakistan
Editorial, The Christian Science Monitor | July 23, 2008
Even though it is Afghanistan that is the main security threat to the US, the road to improvement in that part of the world starts in Pakistan. ++ Al-Qaeda has found a safe haven in Pakistan's lawless region near the Afghan border, where it has regrouped and reached pre-9/11 strength. ++ The critical role Pakistan plays in security policy has been recognized by Washington; last week Congress passed a bill which triples development aid to Pakistan, in hopes that building up deprived regions will help uproot extremist Islam.



Tue, Oct 14th 2008, 19:01
amarjyoti acharya
With such enlightened outlooks and views in the twenty-first century, since the Gregorian calendar keeps on counting years and giving names to centuries - alongwith the image-industry spun life-styles and beliefs - it is not too far away in the distant future that the entire world would be bereft of those who think, feel or claim to have come from the regions around the Caspian Sea. Peace would reign and suitably segmented and controlled populace would ensure, in a scientific manner - humble peace upon earth. Centuries of socializations and de-humanization, when limited to religious fantatics and the legacy of the Caspian Sea, should enable the great American Dream to flower upon earth. South Asia would then not be the home to al-quaeda, though should it be the home to Saint John's Army - those would be the welcome signs. Of ushering in the other centuries.