Sunday Business Post By Raymond Barrett A series of coordinated attacks against Pakistan’s security forces last week left around 50 people dead. In Lahore, the capital of the Punjab province, militants linked to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan group attacked three separate police facilities using automatic rifles and grenades, while suicide bombers also targeted a police station […]
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Sunday Business Post By Raymond Barrett An increase in violence across Afghanistan has ignited debate over what the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) can realistically hope to achieve in the war-torn country. At least 17 people were killed in the capital Kabul last Thursday in a suicide bombing claimed by the Taliban. Casualties among US […]
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
Sunday Business Post By Raymond Barrett The American commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan has warned of mission failure if more troops are not brought in to battle the Taliban insurgency. In an internal policy review leaked to the Washington Post last week, General Stanley McChrystal portrayed a potentially grim future for the International Security […]
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Sunday Business Post By Raymond Barrett Conspiracy theories are never far away when Middle Eastern politics are being analysed, and there seems little prospect of either side in the current impasse in Iran accepting the other’s view. Following last week’s disputed presidential election, hundreds of thousands took to the streets across Iran in support of […]
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Sunday Business Post By Raymond Barrett Following the terrorist attack, the incoming US administration has signalled greater support for India and a shift away from Pakistan, writes Raymond Barrett in Trivandrum, India. Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State, made a whistle-stop tour of the Indian and Pakistani capitals last week against a backdrop of mounting […]
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Sunday Business Post By Raymond Barrett The murderous rampage by Islamic militants in Mumbai threatens India’s important twin revenue streams of foreign investment and tourism, writes Raymond Barrett in Chennai. A wave of attacks by Islamic militants in Mumbai last week left 195 people dead and more than 300 injured in India’s financial and entertainment […]
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