‘From the Regional Powers’ Archives
Soviet Military Officer Remembers their Murder of Hafizullah Amin and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
RIA Novosti | 27 December 2009 (Edited 6 January 2010) Soviet assault on Afghan president remembered “There were 24 Soviet soldiers against 300 Afghan Palace guards.” — Soviet Special Forces Officer, Balashov, on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, 1979. “ We were very few in number.” — CIA Operative, Crumpton, on the U.S. [...]
Israeli National Security Adviser Makes Secret Visit to India
Times of India | Sachin Parashar | 6 January 2010 Israel NSA on hush-hush visit NEW DELHI: India's close cooperation with Israel in dealing with terror received further impetus on Monday when Israel's NSA Uzi Arad visited India and held talks with his counterpart M K Narayanan. Arad was accompanied by a delegation comprising experts on [...]
Divide and Rule: Times of India Report Favours “Moderate” Barelvis Over “Hardline” Deobandis
Times of India | By Manjari Mishra | 6 January 2010 Barelvis take on Deobandis over religious property LUCKNOW: The age-old animosity between the Deobandi and Barelvi schools of thought among Sunni Muslims resurfaced in Uttar Pradesh with moderate Barelvis serving an ultimatum to hardline Deobandis to give up control over Muslim religious [...]
India Lays Claim to Gilgit & Baltistan
Indian Express | 1 January 2010 Pak actions can't camouflage illegal occupation of GB: India Reacting strongly to remarks by ‘so-called Chief Minister’ of Gilgit-Baltistan, India said Pakistan's actions regarding the area in the past few months cannot ‘camouflage’ its ‘illegal occupation’ of that part of Jammu and Kashmir which is [...]
How RAW Created Bangladesh
"One of the most glorious chapters in the history of RAW ... was the operation leading to the creation of Bangladesh. That country would never have been born but for the operation carried out by RAW for several years before the Indian Army action. The first meeting between IB operatives and Sheikh Mujib had taken place as early as 1963, and after [...]
