The USA president Mr Barack Obama said that he would move 30,000 more soldiers to Afghanistan by this Summer.
Nevertheless, Pakistani intelligence officials say suspected US missiles have hit an alleged Taliban compound near the border with Afghanistan.
The Pakistan government and Islamic hardliners on Monday signed an agreement to enforce the Sharia law in the northwestern Swat valley and to end the fighting. It will also be established a new political administration in the Swat. Articles from The Long War Journal, Pakistan Dawn, Al Jazeera.
Until two years ago, Swat was a jewel in the crown of Pakistani tourism, frequented by foreign and local tourists. For several decades, the Swat valley has been hosting archeological missions, which were first carried out in the Fifties by the IsMEO and promoted by Giuseppe Tucci.
What will happen to the archeological sites? Will they be bombed by the Talibans, as it happened in 2001 to the Buddhas of Bamiyan, in Afghanistan?
China has become a model for Western leading developed economies. The Group of Seven countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S.) said today they are committed to avoiding protectionist measures, and will also try to ensure that the actions they take to combat the recession don't harm other economies. The G-7 has also prased China, welcoming its contributions to combating the global economic slowdown:
Ramaswamy Venkataraman, one of the fathers of India and a true patriot, opposing the British rule and going to jail for it, passed away on Tuesday, at the age of He was India's eighth president and helped draft the country's Constitution.
It has just been released by the World Bank the list of projects, programs and results for South Asia in the years 2004-2008. You can read it by country (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) or by topic.