Asia Times China hangs fire on Iran-Pakistan pipeline | By Stephen Blank | For over a decade, Iran, Pakistan and India (IPI) have taken pains at negotiating a major pipeline deal whereby Iran would send natural gas from its territory to the region. Yet g... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian)
Asia Times Ahmadinejad hunkers down with Karzai | By Kaveh L Afrasiabi | On Monday, Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinejad was due to visit Afghanistan on a short trip with a heavy agenda of issues concerning regional security and a drug trafficking p... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)
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Asia Times India, Pakistan need a little help | By Zahid U Kramet | LAHORE - The penny appears to have finally dropped. Diplomatic niceties aside, the media in the United States, at least, have concluded that the pos... (photo: AP / K.M.Chaudary) DefenceIndiaPakistanPhotosPolitics
Asia Times Yemen in for a fight By Oliver Holmes | SANA'A - In an attempt to combat al-Qaeda, the United States administration of President Barack Obama is now asking the US Congress to increase securit... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser) PhotosPoliticsPovertyTerrorismYemen
Asia Times Afghan police still out of step | By Pratap Chatterjee | WASHINGTON - Afghan police are widely considered corrupt, unable to shoot straight, and die at twice the rate of Afghan soldiers and North Atlant... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq) AfghanistanCorruptionPhotosPoliceUS
