The governments of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran have agreed to set up border check centers to combat drug trafficking from anyone of the three countries to other. This is quite a substantial step to stop illegal transformations of the deadly substances. The counter-narcotics minister announced on Sunday that Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran have agreed to set up border check centers for controlling drug trafficking.
Afghanistan will take the lead to build the centers on its border points with Iran and Pakistan with financial support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC), the Counter-. ...................

At last International Community started expressing its irritation over growing violence of Beirut, which was started last week by Iranian backed political-cum-militant organization, Hizbullah. Realizing the gravity of the issue and probable fall of Lebanon in the hand of adventurist elements which never thought on national lines and always prefer the domination of another country over its own sovereignty, neighboring countries to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, United States, EU and United Nations have already filed their concerns.
At the moment fresh rounds of clashes between Hizbullah’s gunmen and the pro government forces  ..................

By: Ali Raza Hussaini
The United States of American and Al-Qaida continue to wage verbal fight along with those of military and armed confrontations. Al-Qaida is the termed the biggest threat to the US’s national security. For the last couple of years, the US has invested a lot to eradiate terrorism and put an end to violent resentments posing against US citizens. But the violence worldwide is nowhere near subsiding, despite President Bush's repeated assurances regarding the success of his 'war .............

By: S. Agha Zaidi
When we look into different issues, particularly reduction in opium poppy cultivation, things are not only in black and white but there are certain layers of gray that require thorough understanding for the success on achieving the objectives. The claim of Afghan Counter Narcotics Minister, General Khodaidad that 19 provinces in the north, east and northeast of the country are poppy free and many farmers in these areas have switched to growing legal crops, generates suspicions and raises questions on  .................

By: Sher alam saqib
President Hamid Karzai has warned that his name should not be misused in gaining illegal bureaucratic administrative favors and privileges. The statement released from president office has asked from the government agencies to introduce the people who attribute themselves to the president to the presidential office. Nepotism and favoritism has been a stumbling-block to assign the work to right people, which has provided the pretext for administrative corruption. Corruption has been a critical issue for the stability and   ......................

By: Rosie Dimanno
KABUL–The spring offensive is well launched – by NATO.
Or, put another way, pre-emptively provoked by the U.S. Marines Expeditionary Force.
If the best defence is a good offence, American troops recently arrived in the southern provinces have wasted no time taking the battle to the Taliban, putting an entirely different complexion on combat tactics in the heartland of the insurgency.
Joining forces with British troops who have responsibility for NATO operations in Helmand province, these battle-hardened Marines – many of them  ...........