Posts Tagged ‘Afganistan’
More US aid to Pakistan, no strings attached
Posted by: r1b2 on: February 26, 2009
After coming to power Obama administration halted the flow of US money to Pakistan. US government reports cited Pakistan for misusing billions in aid for a military build-up against India instead of using it for the intended war on terror. Audits have also detailed million of dollars in fraudulent claims by the Pakistani military. Now [...]
US paid Taliban for ceasefire in Swat
Posted by: r1b2 on: February 25, 2009
Pakistani militants in the country’s northwest are understood to have received 480 million rupees ( 6 million dollars)in compensation after agreeing to a cease conflict with government forces for an indefinite period. Well-placed security sources have told Adnkronos International (AKI) that the militants agreed to lay down their arms and endorse the deal between the [...]
CIA secretly using Pak airbase to fly drones
Posted by: r1b2 on: February 19, 2009
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has secretly been using an airbase in southwestern Pakistan to launch the Predator drones to attack the militants within the country, a report said.Both Pakistan and US governments have repeatedly denied that Washington is conducting military operations, covert or otherwise, on Pakistani territory. But The Times today report says that [...]
Thousands of US weapons astray in Afghanistan: Auditors
Posted by: r1b2 on: February 13, 2009
WASHINGTON: Thousands of US weapons, including assault rifles and grenade launchers, may be in Taliban or al-Qaida hands in Afghanistan because of lax controls, congressional auditors warned on Thursday. The Pentagon has failed to track an estimated 87,000 weapons given to Afghan security forces, one-third of the 242,000 shipped by the US government between December [...]
Gita verses
- Chapter 4 Verses 2424. Brahman is the oblation; Brahman is the melted butter (ghee); by Brahman is the oblation poured into the fire of Brahman; Brahman verily shall be reached by him who always sees Brahman in action.
- Chapter 4 Verses 2323. To one who is devoid of attachment, who is liberated, whose mind is established in knowledge, who works for the sake of sacrifice (for the sake of God), the whole action is dissolved.
- Chapter 4 Verses 2222. Content with what comes to him without effort, free from the pairs of opposites and envy, even-minded in success and failure, though acting, he is not bound.
- Chapter 4 Verses 2121. Without hope and with the mind and the self controlled, having abandoned all greed, doing mere bodily action, he incurs no sin.
