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The latest round of tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban authorities has once again been accompanied by allegations of civilian casualties resulting from Pakistani military actions. Such allegations inevitably attract international attention,
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While Israel and Iran have been at loggerheads for several years now, by and large, the Middle East countries such as Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia have kept themselves aloof
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There are moments in history when certain truths transcend the realm of partisan disputation and ascend into the sanctified domain of national memory. Such truths are not manufactured by eloquence, nor are
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo For years, the search for accountability over Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday terrorist attacks has unfolded through investigations, commissions, political disputes, public campaigns, and courtroom proceedings. Now, a
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