Pakistan nuclear weapons

The Pakistani Nuclear arsenal consists of 60 Neclear warheads. The steps Islamabad is taking will enable Pakistan quantitative and qualitative improvements to its nuclear arsenal.

Bangalore Blast near Chinnaswamy stadium, Bangalore Bomb Blast

Bangalore Blast has been done near Chinnaswamy stadium today on April 17, 2010. These two low intensity Bangalore Bomb Blasts outside the Chinnaswamy stadium Bangalore has been reported with 8 people injured. These eight people includes 5 policemen. The cricket matched started after some delay.




The bomb blasts occured at around 3:15 PM and when explosion occurred top Indian cricket players like Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid and other popular cricketers were in Chinnaswamystadium



The blast took place as the explosive material was hidden in a plastic bag and placed near the wall adjacent to gate No. 12 of the Chinnaswamy stadium while the stadium was packed with some 30,000 audiences.



Police has now increased security in the area. The match, after a one-hour delay, was started at 5pm.

Pakistan-US

The U.S. has not had a uniform experience with Pakistan's generals over the years. Washington's Cold War entanglements with the top brass in Islamabad eventually spawned, with disastrous consequences, the Afghan Taliban. In the war against terrorism, the Pakistan military — with its historic ties to the region's jihadis — has been at once the U.S.'s most essential ally and its most troublesome obstacle. Enter General Ashfaq Kayani, the current army chief. His presence in talks between a Pakistani delegation and top officials in the U.S. capital overshadowed that of his country's civilian Foreign Minister — a sign of who still calls the shots in Islamabad. That may no longer be such a bad thing. Kayani's visit comes in the wake of two hard-fought campaigns by his troops against local militants and the capture of assorted Afghan Taliban leaders on Pakistani soil. The general is confident enough to demand the release of funds and weaponry held up by a skeptical Washington. Now he might get his wish.



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