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Ayaz Wazir Former Ambassador, Siddique Al Farooqi PML-N And Tariq Fatmi Former Ambassador in fresh episode of Islamabad Tonight & discusses current issues with Nadeem Malik.

Shahzad Hassan presents another fresh episode of Aaj Kamran Khan Kay Saath in Geo TV and talked with Tariq Fatmi Former Ambassador, Khalid Mehmood Former Ambassador Iran, Shafqat Mehmood Analyst, Wasiatullah Khan and Mehtab Haidar.

Kathleen Parker of the Washington Post advised the White House a few weeks ago to "page" former Bush administration ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad because his "healing powers" could restore Afghan President Hamid Karzai's soundness of mind - a suggestion more insane than Karzai himself.

On July 25th, for instance, while John Boehner raced around the Capitol desperately pressing Republican House members for votes on a debt-ceiling bill that Harry Reid was calling dead-on-arrival in the Senate, America's new ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, took his oath of office in distant Kabul.  According to the New York Times, he then gave a short speech "warning" that "Western powers needed to 'proceed carefully'" and emphasized that when it came to the war, there would "be no rush for the exits." If, in Washington, people were rushing for those exits, no chance of that in Kabul almost a decade into America's second Afghan War.  There, the air strikes, night raids, assassinations, roadside bombs, and soldier and civilian deaths, we are assured, will continue to 2014 and beyond.  In a war in which every gallon of gas used by a fuel-guzzling US military costs $400 to $800 to import, time is no object and -- despite the panic in Washington over debt payments -- neither evidently is cost.

The forest was in chaos. Parts of it were burning and the food was scarce. Remembering how wonderful the forest used to be, various animal groups sent ambassadors to a very ancient owl. The wise owl remembered historical cycles and hopefully had clues on how to reset the forest so it could be productive again. They gathered by the gargantuan oak tree where the owl lived.

Whenever Israeli troops rough up civilian protesters, it is shrugged off as an isolated incident. One of the WikiLeaks cables, however, shows that it was explicit military policy to abuse civilians engaged in non-violent protests. During a 2010 meeting, the cable notes, Israeli officials informed the US of their intention to be "more assertive" against peaceful demonstrations, with the US ambassador noting that the Israeli government believed any demonstration warranted military response. An Israeli commander, Avi Mizrachi, insisted there was no reason for the Palestinians to protest and that they were organized by "suspicious people." He added that since the protests "serve no purposes" anyone caught demonstrating would be arrested. The position takes on a whole new perspective, however, in the face of massive protests later this month aimed at independence. The Israeli military's abuse of human rights has also been a topic of discussion in the US Senate, though most in the Senate seem unwilling to oppose it.

Kamran Khan presents another fresh episode of Aaj Kamran Khan Kay Saath in Geo TV and talked with Hussain Haqani Pakistani Ambassador in USA, Dr. Rasul Bakhsh Rais and Tariq Iqbal Khan.

Mushtaq Minhas and Nusrat Javed present another fresh episode of Bolta Pakistan and talk with Senator Ilyas Ahmed Bilour ANP, Babar Ayaz Analyst and Ayaz Wazir Former Ambassador.

Shah Mehmood Qureshi Foreign Minister of Pakistan and Muhammad Sadiq Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan in fresh episode of Live with Talat and discusses current issues with Syed Talat Hussain.