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Paramilitary forces in India are distinct from central police forces

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump listen during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Aug. 26, 2025. | Mark Schiefelbein/AP

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US-Taliban Scrimmage over the Afghan Bagram Air base

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Arab-Islamic NATO

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by Lt. Gen. Prakash Katoch (Ret'd)

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Great Game Myanmar

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by Lt. Gen. Prakash Katoch (Ret'd)

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Regime Change in Nepal

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by Lt. Gen. Prakash Katoch (Ret'd)

Nepal's President Ram Chandra Paudel administers the oath to the country's newly appointed Prime Minister Sushila Karki during her swearing-in-ceremony at the President House in Kathmandu on September 12, 2025. (AFP)

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Diamond Jubilee of the 1965 India-Pakistan War

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by Col. Anil Bhat, VSM (Ret'd)

Personnel of Hodson's Horse posing at Phillora police station after its capture

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Burning Nepal

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by Aparna Rawal

Left to right: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pose for the group photo at the 15th BRICS Summit, August 23, 2023 in Johannesburg, South Africa

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by Aparna Rawal

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The BanPak Affair

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by Lt. Gen. Prakash Katoch (Ret'd)

Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus meets with Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on August 25.

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Zangnan: between the Chinese Dragon and the Indian Lion

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Pakistan’s Operation Sarbakaf in Khyber Pakhtunkwa

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SCO Summit – Tianjin

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by Lt. Gen. Prakash Katoch (Ret'd)

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by Lt. Gen. Prakash Katoch (Ret'd)

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Operation Mahadev – Pahalgam Requite

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100th & 101st Indian built warships adding to India’s military self-reliance

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by Col. Anil Bhat, VSM (Ret'd)

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump listen during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Aug. 26, 2025. | Mark Schiefelbein/AP

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Hegseth Heralds Trump’s Wars

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Arab-Islamic NATO

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Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (AP Photo: Aung Shine Oo)

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Great Game Myanmar

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Nepal's President Ram Chandra Paudel administers the oath to the country's newly appointed Prime Minister Sushila Karki during her swearing-in-ceremony at the President House in Kathmandu on September 12, 2025. (AFP)

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Regime Change in Nepal

by Lt. Gen. Prakash Katoch (Ret'd)

Nepal Parliament scene

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Burning Nepal

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7 months of confusion – the even more perplexing...

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Left to right: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pose for the group photo at the 15th BRICS Summit, August 23, 2023 in Johannesburg, South Africa

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BRICS nations band together against Washington’s...

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Restoring relations in backdrop of Khalistani threat

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Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus meets with Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on August 25.

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The BanPak Affair

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China has deployed two ‘XXL’ uncrewed submarines to Haian in the South China Sea, where they appear to be undergoing trials. The two designs may represent competing prototypes. Both are kept inside specialized floating docks that conceal their presence. Photo credit: Navalnews

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A crop of the original image showing the skeletal airframe of the second Kaan prototype, P1, seen in the TAI facility behind the current flying example, P0. (Image credit: Turkish Armed Forces Foundation)

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