News: The Guardian Newspaper dated 8th October 2013 reported that Police in Mtwara, South of Tanzania are holding 11 people for allegedly being involved in illegal military training in Makolionga Forest, Nanyumbu District. The suspects were found with various military tools along with 25 Compact Discs (CD) containing training information that is said to be used by terrorist groups Al-Qaeda and Al-Shaabab. Other military tools included a military kit bag…

News: This week the Pakistani media has been abuzz with the news that General Kayani instead of retiring as planned is likely to stay on in a more powerful role of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC). Speaking to Reuters, a senior intelligence official said that Nawaz Sharif planned to overhaul the JCSC, a largely ceremonial office, into a "central defence body" by restoring its command over the entire military…

News:On Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013; BBC reported that according to the US officials, 75 activists of Al-Qaida still exist in Afghanistan. Thus, it is necessary that we continue operation, investigation and arresting them. While Karzai disagrees with that, in the meantime, dialogue on security - defense pact is apparently suspended between two sides. The real issue of the Afghan side is to define "foreign occupation" and the way that US…

Headlines: Putin: World 'On Right Track' in Syria Disputes Threaten Post-2014 US-Afghan Pact: Kabul India says Fighting Big Kashmir Incursion from Pakistan In Myanmar, Revival of Attacks on Muslims Details: Putin: World 'On Right Track' In Syria Russian President Vladimir Putin says world powers are "on the right track" with a plan to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons. Putin said on October 2 that if global powers continued to work together,…