Pakistan is struggling to answer the United States, after our president gave a speech. President Trump would like Pakistan to help us stop the fighting in Afghanistan. He is pressuring Taliban to start to give peace talks. He also wants the doctor who is jailed for helping our CIA find Osama Bin Laden’s hideaway in the Pakistani capital. I do… Read more »
Pakistan, facing growing pressure internally and from the United States about the relationship between the two countries, is weighing how to respond to U.S. demands that it do more to help stop the fighting in Afghanistan. U.S. envoys have renewed calls on Pakistan to crack down on the Haqqani militant network that has attacked U.S. forces in Afghanistan, pressure Taliban insurgents to… Read more »
That Pakistan helped North Korea develop nuclear weapons is a theory that’s been doing the rounds for years. In 2004, Pakistan’s most famous nuclear scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, admitted to have transferred nuclear technology to North Korea and other nations, a confession that led to his detainment for five years. These unnerving revelations were reinforced yet again earlier this month by another… Read more »
Speaking to bdnews24.com, one Noor Alam said he has been getting “a taste of freedom” in the camps in Bangladesh, in contrast to the state of captivity his people endured in Rakhine State. “The (Myanmar) government officials tell us ‘you’re not from here’. I am a Rohingya, but they call us Bengali,” said the resident of Bolibazar in Maungdaw district.
Theresa May has announced that the UK will suspend the training of Burmese military amid concerns about the treatment of the Muslim Rohingya population. Speaking at the UN general assembly in New York, she said the UK would end all engagement with the Burmese military until military action against civilians in Rakhine state had stopped. The prime minister has been… Read more »