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V V: The Terror Axis: Taliban, ISI & opium
Gretchen Peters’ Seeds of Terror: The Taliban, the ISI and New Opium Wars (Thomas Dunne Books, Hachette India reprint, Rs 495) tells you why Afghanistan and Pakistan’s North West Frontier provinces will always be on the boil that will spread into the Punjab and increase in intensity, as recent events have shown. Aided and abetted by rampant corruption spread by poppy growers to the Taliban and other local powers, to drug lords and their allies in government, the influence of opium money pervades Afghan life. Afghanistan today provides 93 per cent of the world’s heroin, far exceeding the combined production of Colombia, north Myanmar, Thailand and other regions of the world. Peters examines the depth of the opium problem and describes how opium sales have ballooned since 2001 and continue to grow exponentially, earning more than half a billion dollars off the opium trade. Why and what could be the consequences for us is the central question asked in the book.

India-West Indies series to be low scorer for Ten Sports
Low viewer interest following India"s early exit from the ICC T20 World Cup, plus the absence of star cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag from the team have brought down average spot rates on Ten Sports over 50 per cent against what advertisers paid on STAR Cricket, the host broadcaster for the T20 World Cup, and SET Max, broadcaster for the Indian Premier League (IPL). Ten Sports is the host broadcaster for India"s upcoming tour of the West Indies starting June 26. India is scheduled to play four One Day Internationals (ODIs) from June 26 to July 5.

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India agrees terror should not be linked to dialogue

In an apparent climbdown, India today agreed with Pakistan"s contention that terrorism should not be linked to the composite dialogue process as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani met here to chart the "way forward" in bilateral ties. - Singh, Gilani discuss 26/11 at NAM meeting - UPDATE: NAM pledges to combat terrorism in all its forms - Ban did not discuss Kashmir with Pak PM: UN - "Pak will be discussed during Clinton"s visit" - Menon meets Gilani ahead of India, Pak PMs meeting - PM asks NAM to make efforts to dismantle terror infrastructure In the second top-level meeting since the Mumbai terror attacks, Singh and Gilani met for more than two hours, virtually signalling a thaw in relations that had soured after the 26/11 strike when India suspended the dialogue process. A joint statement issued after the meeting said both leaders agreed that terrorism is the main threat to both the countries and affirmed their resolve to fight the menace by cooperating with each other. "Both Prime Ministers recognised that dialogue is the only way forward. Action on terrorism should not be linked to the composite dialogue process and these should not be bracketed," said the statement, which is seen as a climbdown for India as it has all along maintained that dialogue cannot be held till there is concrete action against terrorism emanating from Pakistan. India has particularly been maintaining that the dialogue process cannot resume till Pakistan takes "concrete" and "visible" action against perpetrators of Mumbai attacks. On top of it, the joint statement also contains a reference to "threats" in Balochistan, where Pakistan has been alleging Indian hand in terror incidents.


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