If there is one moral truism that the West can learn from the events
of the last week, it is the falsity and moral bankruptcy of the belief
that "my enemy's enemy is my friend".

With no end in sight to the transport strike, some of the major trade unions have confirmed their plan to go on a general strike on Friday.

Afghanistan has returned to a state of anarchy and lawlessness that existed there between the fall of the Communist Regime in 1992 and the emergence of the Taliban in 1994.

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Prof. Noam Chomsky, social theorist and political analyst, says that it is a very serious analytic error to say terrorism is the weapon of the weak. Like other means of violence, it is primarily a weapon of the strong - overwhelmingly, in fact.

Prof. Noam Chomsky, social theorist and political analyst, says that it is a very serious analytic error to say terrorism is the weapon of the weak. Like other means of violence, it is primarily a weapon of the strong - overwhelmingly, in fact.

The 450 million vehicles on the road today account for half of the world's total consumption

As many as 48 NGOs in New Delhi have come together for the first time and launched a massive awareness campaign against female foeticide aiming to target communities and families

New CAG Report tabled in Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha confirms S.Kumars financial malpractices; M.P. government must desist from picking up equity in the destructive Maheshwar Project

Even as the Government is keen on arriving at a consensus for the passage of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) in Parliament, the National Human Rights Commission has strongly opposed any such ``draconian'' legislation

Members of the Joint Action Committee against the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance today staged demonstrations in various places in the State.

Terrorism is described by Webster dictionary as the systematic use of terror (a state of intense fear) especially as a means of coercion. Notice, it does not say anything about the perpetrator. In any state, when people live under intense fear of their lives, their futures and have no security; they are in a state of terror. It will be simplistic to focus on only one side of the picture

Analysts in London, Washington and Islamabad know that, if a post-Taliban set-up is to work anywhere, it must work here. But, despite the good intentions of the United Nations and the US-led coalition, there is little sign that the return of the Mujahideen will bring freedom and prosperity to the people of this city. Five years ago, these same men brought chaos and violence. Now the fear is they are bringing it again.

What is perhaps most disconcerting is that after about two thousand years of historically documented civilization and a few hundred thousands of undocumented societies, we still have not solved problems of distribution and of conflict resolution. We know how to get to the moon but we do not know how to share and how to resolve the arguments. Does it not seem that we are standing on our heads?

RAWA's appeal to the UN and World community


The people of Afghanistan do not accept
domination of the Northern Alliance!

Anand's latest documentary, Jang aur Aman (War and Peace)has a passionate anti-nuclear message. The film takes an in-depth look at India's nuclear explosions and examines the socio-cultural context in which they occured.

A frequent theme in the war against terrorism has been the reference to the US and her allies as the "civilized world". The rest of the world is then classified into two camps; firstly, those who, whilst not themselves part of the "civilized world", are, to quote Tony Blair's reference to the Saudis, "good and dependable friends of the civilized world". Then, to use the parlance of the Romans, the barbarians - the lawless "other" who want to destroy civilization.

An interview on Radio National and Radio Australia, where IISNA president, Samir Mohtadi, speaks about rasting, fighting during ramadan, and who are the real terrorists...

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