The multiple suicide attacks at the Kabul airport on August 26, killing over 170 people, including 13 American soldiers, and injuring over 200, are stark reminders that the Afghan capital remains vulnerable despite the Taliban's control of the city. They also warn…
A scrimmage in a border town A canter down some dark defile Two thousand pounds of education Drops to a ten Rupee Jezail
(Rudyard Kipling)
Afghans have done what Afghans do best - fight to the bitter end and celebrate it as…
According to Maheen Ahmed, a Research Associate at IPRI, Pakistan has done a lot for Afghanistan and the US, yet there are campaigns falsely accusing Pakistan of not doing enough and derailing the Afghan peace process by supporting the Taliban. However, it…
Few people are likely ready to believe that it's a new Taliban. The closest reference to the Taliban is their five-year rule before 9/11, which symbolized brutality. However, the Taliban apologists justified the extreme measures as a big factor that brought peace and…
Do you think you can deter people or groups with the atomic bomb? Only to some extent. Kalashnikov (AK-47), another weapon, is responsible for deterrence and far more deaths than the bombs dropped on two Japanese cities; Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.…
Time to address Pakistan’s internal strife, as Afghanistan explodes and goes wayward
Pakistan is once again seized with the Afghan fall-out equation, as the United States exited the war-devastated country in a nightmarish mode. Washington has left behind dozens of unanswered questions…
The Afghan government points a finger at Pakistan in a tactic to divert attention from its own colossal failures.
As districts fall to the Taliban one after another without resistance, the government in Afghanistan has squarely put the blame on Pakistan for…
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Indian commentators are acknowledging that keeping a distance from the Afghan Taliban was a mistake. Now that India has closed down its consulates in Kandahar, Jalalabad and Herat, they are realizing that there are no permanent friends or enemies – only national…
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A few questions first about the current Afghan situation, in order of their importance. Is Afghan peace hostage to big power rivalry? What policy should Pakistan adopt vis-a-vis various warring Afghan factions? Why have the Americans left without a viable power structure…
Foreign remittances, a supra-yield in agriculture and industry are sine qua non for stability. Couple that with wealth generation by building vertical cites and the Islands in Sindh
It sounds paranoid to expect miracles in this age of 5G. At a time…