Nepali Maoist Protest Indian ‘Arms’ (September 15, 2006)
An unsubstantiated report in a local paper claiming a convoy of trucks carrying arms for the Nepal Army provoked the Nepali Maoists to call for a strike, block main arteries, burn tires, and disrupt transportation.<More>

Manmohan-Mush Peace Dialogue in Havana (September 13, 2006)
Rejecting domestic opposition, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh revealed that he will discuss terror with Pakistan on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Havana and sources say that stalled talks may be resumed soon.<More>

Pak-Taliban Peace Pact (September 08, 2006)
Pakistan announced that it had arranged a peace pact with the Taliban is seen by many as an admission by the Pakistan Army of its inability to control the region by brute force methods it employs against opponents and having lost hundreds of soldiers.<More>

India Not Working to Contain China (September, 07 2006)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran asserted that India does not believe that a conflict between the US and China is inevitable and that India was not part of any design to contain China as the economic stake between the two was large.<More>

BDR Denies ULFA Presence (September, 06 2006)
At the end of a 3 day face to face between the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) where India demanded imprisoned terrorists be repatriated, Bangladesh denied the presence of leaders of the terrorist movement.<More>

BSF, BDR Exploring Better Inter-working (August 30, 2006)
Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) are meeting in Assam to find ways to work better together and are considering a range of initiatives that would better confidence between the two forces bickering over one issue or the other.<More>

Baloach Leader Bugti Suspiciously Killed (August 30, 2006)
Rebel Baloach leader and popular face of opposition against Pakistan military in the tribal areas, Nawab Akhbar Bugti, has been killed in suspicious manner leading to widespread protests against President Pervez Musharraf’s dictatorial rule.<More>

Nathu-La Not as Spectacular As Expected (August 30, 2006)
With the hype over the reopened Nathu-La Pass dying down, India and China now understand that the modern trade potential on ancient silk route now replaced by a 56 kilometer stretch connecting the two nations is not spectacular as expected.<More>

Nepal Has a New Draft Constitution (August 29, 2006)
A team of legal and political experts in Nepal have drafted a new lob-sided Constitution that will withdraw many privileges of the King and retaining the right of the Maoist terrorists that does not necessarily create stability to one of the world’s poorest nations.<More>

Iran Proposes Talks to Resolve Stalemate (August 28, 2006)
Iran once again reiterated its willingness to negotiate a way out of the impasse over its controversial nuclear program but the US said that while it would study the Iranian counter proposal to the EU offer, it is prepared to move with or without the UN.<More>

US Arrests 13 for Trying to Buy Missiles for LTTE (August 24, 2006)
In a major sting operation spanning several cities, the US said that it had arrested 13 people for trying to buy surface-to-air missiles and other weapons in the black market for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) seen as a “dangerous terrorist group."  <More>

Mush Wants to Share Intelligence (August 23, 2006)
In a recent interview to an Indian magazine, Pakistan President < Pervez Musharraf said that the intelligence agencies of the two nations were “operating against each other” and should agree “to stop interference in each other's internal affairs."  <More>

SLA Claims Military Successes as TN Censures It (August 21, 2006)
The Sri Lankan Army has claimed several major successes against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) even as the Tamil Nadu Assembly unanimously passed a resolution censuring the Government for the death of scores of children by air attacks.  <More>

BSF, BDR to Reduce Tension (August 17, 2006)
After exchanging gunfire, troop movements, and tension the Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) agreed to reduce tensions by pulling out additional troops from the frontier and adhere to border guidelines and land-boundary agreement.  <More>

India, Bangla Border Clashes Continue (August 14, 2006)
Indo-Bangla border tensions escalated with heavy mortar attacks from the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) to cover mass troop movement along Assam killing 2 women and retaliatory fire from Border Security Force (BSF) resulted in the death of 5 BDR soldiers.  <More>

LTTE to Stay Banned, No Lanka Intervention (August 10, 2006)
The National Security Advisor M K Narayanan said that India has no plans to lift the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and for “direct intervention” in peace initiatives in Sri Lanka where hostilities has escalated rapidly to civil war proportions.  <More>

Consultant to Fix IPI Gas Rate (August 09, 2006)
Disagreeing over the price of gas over the USD 7 billion 2100 kilometer Iran-Pakistan-India Pipeline, India, Pakistan and Iran agreed to try one last time to break the impasse by appointing an international consultant to recommend a pricing plan.  <More>

UNSC to Demand Iran Suspend Nuclear Enrichment (August 09, 2006)
The UN Security Council (UNSC) looked set to adopt a EU-sponsored and US-backed resolution demanding Iran “suspend all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, including research and development” by the end of August.  <More>

Norway Initiative Fails in Lankan Water War (August 08, 2006)
The Sri Lankan Government (SLG) rejected a compromise formula worked out by Norwegian peace brokers to open a canal that has killed 425 and caused a mass exodus saying that it did not want “terrorists” to open the waterway.  <More>

India Watches Bangla Elections with Interest (August 03, 2006)
Speaking at a meeting hosted by India-Bangladesh friendship organizations, Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed India promised to work with any Government elected by the scheduled January 2007 elections and hoped it will be “truly free and fair.”  <More>

Maoist Terrorists Hunt Indians (August 02, 2006)
With increased Indian insistence on the disarming of Maoist terrorist groups in Nepal, hospitality sector employees and businessmen of Indian origin have become prime targets for extortion and death threats causing a large exodus back to their homeland. <More>

SLMM Collapses, Ceasefire Dead as Civil War Looms (August 02, 2006)
Sri Lanka moved ground troops following air force raids on a “humanitarian operation” to take control of a water reservoir in an ill-defined area but controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sparking the Tamils to declare the ceasefire dead. <More>

India Buys Power from Bhutan (August 01, 2006)
India signed an agreement with Bhutan to buy power from the 1020 megawatt (MW) Tala hydro-electric project, the largest bilateral cooperation project funded by India in a foreign country, which is also the framework for future hydro-electric cooperation. < More >

Thai Bid for Myanmar's Natural Gas (August 01, 2006)
Despite intense pressure from the US not to deal with Myanmar, Thailand’s largest energy firm PTT Plc has bid to compete with India and China for exclusive rights to harness the abundant natural gas in the northwestern areas of the military-run nation. < More >

BSF Says “Indian Smugglers” Helping BDR (July 31, 2006)
The Border Security Force (BSF) accused “Indian smugglers” of “using “SIM cards of Bangladesh mobile service providers to pass on strategic information” to the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) but said have not arrested the “moles” citing “communal implications.”<More>

Punitive Action Sanctioned on Bangla Border (July 28, 2006)
Increased infiltration of illegal economic migrants, terrorists, lack of adequate response from Bangladesh, and suspected official complicity has changed India’s attitude ordering the infusion of another 40 battalions on the border and authority to deliver retaliatory fire.<More>

Bangladesh Joins ARF (July 28, 2006)
The 13^th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) meeting in Kuala Lumpur will see Bangladesh included as its 26^th member led by Foreign Minister Morshed Khan to strengthen participation in the group.<More>

Nepal Cuts King’s Last Link with Army (July 27, 2006)
The interim Government in Nepal abolished the Military Secretariat, seen as the King’s last link with the Army, and also set up a Security Coordination Office (SCO) at the Defense Ministry replacing the King Gnanendra as the Supreme Commander.<More>

Vexed EU’s UNSC Resolution on Iran (July 26, 2006)
The EU-3, introduced a draft resolution in the UNSC calling on Iran to “suspend all enrichment-related activities, including research and development, to be verified by the IAEA, and suspend the construction of a reactor moderated by heavy water.”<More>

China: Defense Modernization to Guard Development (July 26, 2006)
A senior Chinese military official visiting the US said that his country’s defense modernization is part of a defensive policy and not aimed at seeking regional or global hegemony but to safeguard the rapid development his country has gone through.<More>

Pak Says Baloach Unrest Crushed (July 25, 2006)
Several newspapers in Pakistan ran reports quoting unnamed officials claiming that the insurrection in Baloachistan has been crushed and blaming India for arming, funding, and helping that movement—Baloach rebels have dismissed the report as wishful thinking. <More>

Nepal Talks Deferred Briefly (July 24, 2006)
Talks between the interim Government and Nepalese terrorist group was deferred but to meet in the near future and focus on the interim constitution content, constituent assembly formation process, constituencies redraw plan, and arms management. <More>

LTTE Insists on Change in Monitors (July 24, 2006)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has reiterated to the visiting Ambassador-at-Large of Swedish Foreign Ministry that there is no change in its demand for withdrawal of EU monitors  from the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) by September 1. <More>

Maldives Nationals Attacked (July 22, 2006)
Following unconfirmed reports of 2 Keralities being allegedly harassed by Maldives locals, 3 unidentified gangs attacked 6 houses in Thiruvanathapuram around midnight, occupied by Maldivian nations who are students and patients. <More>

TN Politician Says No Aid to Lanka (July 20, 2006)
Extreme right wing {Tamil Nadu} local politician Vaiko urged the Federal Government not to provide military, material, or financial assistance to Sri Lanka that would enable “the Sri Lankan Air Force to strafe and bomb the Tamil areas, killing innocent Tamils.” <More>

Report Says Pak Generals are Barons (July 18, 2006)
A Newsline report said that Pakistan continues the British tradition of rewarding armed forces with land allotments making Pakistani Army generals new "land barons" controlling 12 million acres of prime agricultural land worth over Rs 700 billion.<More>

India Not “Opposing” Iran (July 17, 2006)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran cautioned journalists that India's relationship with Iran cannot be reduced to the two votes New Delhi cast against Teheran at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in September 2005 and February 2006.<More>

High Expectations for Trilateral Meet (July 17, 2006)
Chinese diplomats and experts visiting the G8 summit for the “outreach program” were upbeat about the first trilateral meet between Russia, China, and India hoping that it will develop stuttering bilateral and strategic ties with India and maintaining global peace. <More>

PLOTE Leader Killed (July 14, 2006)
A senior member of the People’s Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) Bolder Rajan was shot dead in Jaffna by unidentified gunmen.<More>

EU’s one-China policy (July 14, 2006)
Seeking to generate goodwill, visiting European Parliament President Josep Borrell Fontelles reiterated the European Union (EU) one-China policy and appreciated China's rapid growth and increasingly important role in international affairs. <More>

Pak Wants Bilateral Fissile Material Moratorium (July 14, 2006)
Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri said that his country would agree to a verifiable bilateral fissile material moratorium as its nuclear weapons program was “driven by the threat perception of India.”<More> 

Muslim Conference wins PoK ‘Elections’ (July 13, 2006)
In an election that was widely considered a complete sham, the Muslim Conference (MC) won half the seats in the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) Assembly elections and is set to form the next Government in the region. <More>

Nepal Cuts Palace Purse (July 13, 2006)
In a further public humiliation for the vastly unpopular King Gnanendra, Nepali Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat proposed a $1.9 billion budget for fiscal year 2006-2007 that included a massive cut for the royal palace expenditure and purse.<More>

Coalition Forces Kill 70 militants (July 12, 2006)
Coalition forces in Afghanistan followed an air-raid on a terrorist hideout which killed 40 Taliban terrorists with a land raid on a different hideout killing another 30 terrorists in the volatile Halmand province in Southern Afghanistan but the claim is unverifiable.<More>

Lanka Promises Large Aid for Tamil Areas (July 12, 2006)
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse asked his advisors to study the Indian devolution model to share power with Tamils of the North and North East and promised a USD 1.25 billion tranche as means to bring the bloody ethnic feud to an end.<More>