Remember the US withdrawal agreement was signed in February 2020. In the intervening period, a proper evacuation plan ought to have been in place. It was not. Consequently, tens of thousands of Afghans who had worked as interpreters, drivers, suppliers of goods and services, etc, face brutal retribution from the Taliban, Virendra Kapoor points out.
Major General Asif Ghafoor's transfer indicates General Qamar Bajwa is well in control once more, pushing behind the discontent among the peer group of senior generals over extension of his tenure, says Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
For over six years, the world's most wanted man Osama bin Laden appeared to have been living under the very nose of the Pakistani Army in the garrison town of Abbottabad.
An Army Lieutenant Colonel was embroiled in an alleged honeytrap and then blackmailed by Inter-Services Intelligence which reportedly asked him to spy for Pakistan during his posting in Bangladesh.
The 'obey first culture' of the armed forces can be slightly stifling but for those who brave the odds, the uniformed life still remains an attractive option.
'As a course mate who has followed closely this star on the Bombay Sappers firmament, my heart swells with pride to see his extraordinary brilliance and focus; his commitment and his dedication; his hard work; and his technical as well as tactical knowledge,' says Colonel K Thammayya Udupa (retd) of his batchmate General Manoj Pande who will take over as chief of the army staff on May 1.
Pakistani Army has "broken" the backbone of terrorists and will soon prevail over them, its powerful chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said on Saturday in an apparent riposte to the United States concerns about his force's capability to take on militants.
The battering the Pakistani military's image suffered after Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed right under its nose in the garrison city of Abbottabad in a covert operation by United States Navy SEALs is unprecedented in its history and something it will never recover from, one of the country's most respected and influential journalists has predicted.
Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley has asked Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to rethink on holding talks with Pakistan after Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed in a United States military operation in Abbottabad near the Pakistan military academy, 61 km from Islamabad.
In a major embarrassment for Pakistan's powerful army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden was killed just yards from a military compound that he visited last month where he had famously claimed that his forces had broken the "terrorist backbone".
The nomination of Esper, who is currently serving as the Secretary of the army and previously served as a vice president for government relations at the Raytheon Company, comes days after Patrick Shanahan withdrew his nomination from the top Pentagon position.
Here's a recap of moments captured in India in the past 48 hours.
Lt Gen Sarath Chand was commissioned into the Garhwal Rifles in June 1979 and has had an outstanding professional career spanning over 38 years.
Pakistan's failure to trace Osama bin Laden to the compound near Abbottabad where he was killed was an "embarrassment" for the Inter-Services Intelligence agency, BBC reported on Tuesday.
The killing of Osama bin Laden by United States forces in a compound located just 800 yards from the Pakistan Military Academy near Abbottabad ended the hunt for the world's most wanted man though several aspects of his death remained shrouded in mystery.
'He destroyed many of our tanks, and finally, it was just the two of us left facing each other with our tanks just 200 m apart.' A tale of valour excerpted from Rachna Bisht Rawat's 1971: Charge Of The Gorkhas And Other Stories.
The world's most wanted terrorist was not killed in a cave but in a two-storey house just yards from Pakistan's military academy in Abbottabad, a town close to the capital Islamabad, with reports saying that he fired at the United States commandos as they swooped down on his hideout.
After government and political leaders, it was the turn of Pakistan army chief Gen Raheel Sharif to rake up the issue of Kashmir and breathe fire saying their armed forces were fully capable of meeting any 'external threat'.
In a prime-time address from the military academy at West Point in New York, United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled his revised strategy for Afghanistan--which included sending an additional 30,000 troops to that war-ravaged country -- but was as much a new policy directive for Pakistan
Lt Gen Naravane is currently serving as Vice Chief of the Army. In his 37 years of service, Lt Gen Naravane has served in numerous command and staff appointments in peace, field and highly active counter-insurgency environments in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast.
Lieutenant General P C Bhardwaj, a special operations expert, on Thursday took over as Vice Chief of the Army. Lt Gen Bhardwaj, who was commissioned to the First Battalion Parachute Regiment in June 1970, was hitherto the Udhampur-based Army Northern Command General Officer Commanding-in-Chief.
Defeated by the US-led international forces in Afghanistan, the Al Qaeda leaders have established a safe haven in Pakistan, President Barack Obama has said.
In an apparent reference to India, Pakistan today said it was concerned over the "massive arms acquisitions" in the region and that it is committed to defend itself against all external and internal threats.
Issuing a stern warning to the Karzai government President Barack Obama said the days of blank cheques are over and Kabul will have to show progress not only in governance but also providing security to its own people.
The Union Public Service Commission will hold the Combined Defence Services Examination (I), 2008 for admission to Indian Military Academy, Naval Academy and Air Force Academy for the courses commencing in July, 2009.
After three months of intensive review of his Af-Pak policy, US President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan and begin withdrawal of troops in 18 months.
For the third successive year, cadets from National Defence Academy (NDA) have excelled in the world arena with podium finish at an international competition on the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) for military academies.
The agenda of the talks will be to firm up a roadmap for disengagement of troops from all the friction points in eastern Ladakh, the sources said.
The Union Public Service Commission will hold the Combined Defence Services Examination (I), 2008 on 17 February, 2008 for admission to Indian Military Academy, Naval Academy and Air Force Academy for the Courses commencing in January, 2009 and Officers Training Academy, Chennai for the Courses Men and Women commencing in April, 2009.
This programme is qualitatively a downgraded version as compared to the Chinese military exercises with others such as with Russia (in August 2005), Pakistan (in 2005 at Taxkorgan area north of Sakshgam valley and in December 2006 at Abbotabad in Pakistan), Central Asian Republics (in August 2007).
The exercise will involve setting up of a joint command post, joint battle decision making and conduct of anti-terrorism drills, officials said. The exercise is called 'Hand-in-hand 2007' involving 103 men from the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry and almost an equivalent number from the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
A higher intake of Short Service Commissioned officers, picking up potential recruits who have just passed out from schools and payment of monthly stipends to cadets in military academies are some of the suggestions made to government to make up the shortage of officers in the army.
The Union Public Service Commission will hold the Combined Defence Services Examination (1) 2007 on February 18, 2007.
The grenade exploded when cadet 22-year-old Bir Kumar Tiwari, who hails from Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, was about to throw it during the training session.
Trekkers can now go up the icy heights of the second largest glacier in the mighty Karakoram range in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, a dreaded place till four years ago because of continuous shelling from Pakistan.
Cadet Lieutenant Rajiv S Srinivasan who is about to graduate from the West Point Military Academy speaks of his experiences.
As the border standoff entered the sixth month, an early resolution to the row appeared dim with close to 100,000 Indian and Chinese troops remaining deployed in the high-altitude region and showing readiness for a long-haul. There is no official word on the talks yet but sources said the agenda was to finalise a roadmap for disengagement of troops from all the friction points.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore joined the Sahara after receiving the nod from the government and the Indian Army
The decreasing interest in joining the armed forces should worry not just the ministry of defence but the nation too.
Last week, the Chief of Army, General Deepak Kapoor, proposed that one way of overcoming personnel shortage would be to introduce or compulsory army recruitment for youngsters for a limited period. What do you think of this idea? Let us know!
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