Slow road from Kabul highlights China's challenge in Afghanistan

Slow road from Kabul highlights China's challenge in Afghanistan   By Michael Martina and Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) - A new road linking the Afghan capital with a trade hub near Pakistan has been stuck in the slow lane since a state-owned Chinese company took the contract to build it two years ago, bedevilled by militant attacks and accusations of mismanagement. The 106 km (65 mile) highway section running most of the way from Kabul to Jalalabad had been slated for completion in April 2017, and delays will further hurt Afghanistan's ambition to promote economic growth to quell a rising Taliban insurgency. The setbacks...

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अब अरब लोगों का इस्लाम से मोहभंग होना शुरू :अरब लोग इस्लाम को अब तेजी से छोड़ रहे हैं अ-👍हमद नूर

अरब जगत में नास्तिक होना कितना सुरक्षित? अब अरब लोगों का इस्लाम से मोहभंग होना शुरू अरब लोग इस्लाम को अब तेजी से छोड़ रहे हैं अहमद नूरबीबीसी मॉनीटरिंग Image copyrightGetty कथित ‘अरब बसंत’ के बाद एक तरफ़ जहां अरब जगत में कट्टर धार्मिक आवाज़ों का शोर बढ़ रहा है वहीं दूसरी तरफ़ कई अरब नौजवान अब ख़ुद के नास्तिक होने की घोषणा सरेआम करने लगे हैं. ये नौजवान धार्मिक विचार और बहस का सोशल मीडिया पर खुलेआम मज़ाक़ उड़ा रहे हैं. अरब जगत में धर्म पर सवाल खड़ा करना एक तरह से वर्जित है, इसीलिए नौजवानों के नास्तिक होने पर बहुत गंभीर बहस छिड़ गई है, ख़ासकर सोशल मीडिया पर. क्या अरब जगत में नास्तिकता बढ़ रही है? धर्म से जुड़े विषय पर खुलेआम बातचीत करना...

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Experts Explain How Global Powers Can Smash ISIS

Experts Explain How Global Powers Can Smash ISIS Islamic State fighters paraded last year in northern Raqqa province in Syria, the area of ISIS' self-proclaimed capital. REUTERS By TIM ARANGO NOVEMBER 17, 2015 Much of the world agrees that the Islamic State needs to be crushed. But how that can be accomplished, and what the unintended consequences may be, are a lot more complicated. The group, also known as ISIS, ISIL and Daesh, has proved to be as flexible and amoebalike as it is apocalyptic and brutal. It thrives under pressure, and a stepped-up war by the West may be just what it wants, to draw new recruits. And...

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Why ISIS Looks Very Different Today Than A Month Ago

Why ISIS Looks Very Different Today Than A Month Ago LARRY KAPLOWTwitter An Islamic State supporter waves the group's flag in its de facto capital of Raqqa, Syria, in June 2014. The group had focused on building its caliphate, or Islamic empire, in the Middle East. But it has claimed three major attacks recently, leading to a reassessment of the group and its goals. STRINGER/Reuters/Landov The Islamic State's claim of responsibility for a trio of major attacks, including the assault on Paris, has led to a rapid reassessment of the extremist group and its aspirations. Until a couple of weeks ago, ISIS appeared...

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