New Delhi: The Global Firepower has released its Military Strength ranking for the year 2026. It is important to note that this is an annual ranking of the military power of 145 countries worldwide.

Defense spending continues to climb worldwide, with governments pouring billions into modernizing their armed forces. Yet military strength cannot be measured by money alone. Factors such as manpower, ...

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NEW DELHI- The year saw Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir consolidating unprecedented authority over the civilian government without staging a physical armed coup like earlier instances, yet reshaping ...

For the first time, Kabul has come under aerial attack not by a superpower, but by its neighbor, Pakistan. In early October, Pakistani fighter jets struck Afghan territory, including Kabul, Kandahar, ...

FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail Pakistan’s nuclear tests, conducted on May 28, 1998, did more than counter India — they shattered ...

Eliminating the immensely popular leader would not end the crisis; it would unleash one that the Pakistani state may not survive. Rumors about former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s death in ...

Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief, could hardly have wished for more. For almost two years he had been under fire at home over his meddling in politics. Racked by debt and insurgent ...

Some 60,000 evacuees have been left in limbo by confusion and political disputes as Pakistan battles insurgents on its border with Afghanistan. By Zia ur-Rehman Reporting from Khyber district in ...