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Certainly. The aim seems to be to cut-off drug production and to stop conversion of fertilizers into bombs. In that sense it would stop funding to terror groups and reduce their arms supplies. But my specific point was that with Pak Army moving in on the TTP in the north Pakistan, there is...

Isn't Helmand adjacent to Balochistan ? Dunno if TTP is a big force around there...

Also interesting is the name of the operation "Khanjar" ... seems like they are learning the local language.

This would be the first under the troupe surge plan for Afghanistan by Obama http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/world/asia/02afghan.html?hp KABUL, Afghanistan — Almost 4,000 United States Marines, backed by helicopter gunships, pushed into the volatile Helmand River valley in southwestern...

What does all these allegations have to do with Osama ? Someone claiming to be him has been sending out audio tapes every so often to Al Jazeera. Voice tests and linguistic analysis indicate that it was Osama. The specific claim by Pak intelligence seems to indicate that he died sometime...

About the first part.. who am I to judge what the punishment for <5 is ? That judgment is up to God, as you pointed out. But I guess a Muslim can judge himself if he meets the standards he thinks he ought to. About second part, again I lack knowledge. Will read up more and get back.

It is the freakonomics blog... the author (of blog) made a bunch of money on a book that correlates abortion with reduction in crime.

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If the paper is true then the savings 'problem' might soon spread to India and Pakistan. Pakistan has a sex ratio of 1.05:1 , India has 1.065:1 and China is at 1.08:1. Wonder if the Indian dowry trend will reverse ? (Does Pakistan have dowry or meher? )

The actual paper The Competitive Saving Motive: Evidence from Rising Sex Ratios and Savings Rates in China

From the Freakonomics blog. Why the Chinese Save - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com Some say that a major cause of the U.S. housing bubble was a surge in savings overseas, particularly in China, where the personal savings rate soared to 30 percent of disposable income. (In the U.S...

Disclaimer: I have very limited knowledge of Islamic groups. I can't read Arabic. That said, it seems like the point 2 and point 5 are somewhat related. From what I understand Shia beliefs allow room for interpretation of the book while Wahhabi groups would rather take the words literally...

Leave the gods out of it, will you?

There are only 4 consulates and one embassy in Afghanistan. You can check their websites Embassy of India, Kabul, Afghanistan Consulates/embassies are not secret organizations. If you can name the other 8,would be glad.

From Xinhua. The other stories on the page are interesting too. ----------------------------------------------------------------- China delays mandatory installation of controversial filtering software _English_Xinhua BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhua) -- China will delay the mandatory...

At the risk of the flame war starting up all over again... ----------------------------------------- http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/technology/01china.html?hp China Delays Rule on Software Censor BEIJING — Facing strong resistance at home and abroad, China on Tuesday indefinitely...

About Rs 49 in Tamilnadu . That works out to Pakistani Rs 83. That's about 50% more than what it costs in Pakistan. My comment earlier was not fully serious though. Pakistan does have shipping advantages, but I don't think the 50% advantage is fully due to that. It ought to be mostly due to...

What Pakistan needs is not local manufacturing, but a larger market. Either Pakistan has to find a larger market or it has to have a much larger middle class. Pakistan has pretty good ports, so it could potentially manufacture for exports. But now with Sri Lankan peace and established...

Petrol is cheaper in Pakistan compared to India by about 50%!!! The perfect solution to India-Pak trade. India exports buses to Pakistan, Pakistan exports petrol to India.

Coming soon to a computer near you. Continuing our series of point-less comparisons.. Who was greater part 2 Jinnah or Mujib-ur-Rehman ? to be followed by who was greater part 3 Khameini vs Prince Saud