Let us face the facts; the Taliban want a military solution for the simple reason that the US-led coalition has recognized the locus of the Taliban without conditions.
Now, those insisting that the Taliban may agree to come to terms with the…
A scrimmage in a border station, A canter down some dark defile, Two thousand pounds of education, Drops to a ten rupee Jezail…. Strike hard who cares, The odds are on the cheaper man. (Rudyard Kipling)
Afghanistan is a place where the…
There is a strong feeling of deja vu about Afghanistan in the air. The environment, despite the passage of two decades, is eerily reminiscent of the disorder of the early nineties when a power vacuum led to a civil war in all…
Time for India and Pakistan to focus on the dividends of geo-economics with the powers that be.
Legendary Urdu poet, Jaun Elia in one of his couplets had said: “AIK HI HADISA TOU HEI, AUR WHO YEH KE AAJ TAK;…
Health, commercial, agriculture, and research applications all make significant use of radiological sources. While the positive effects of radiological resources are well-known, there is widespread fear that terrorists would use these materials to assemble a ‘Dirty Bomb ’ or ‘Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD)’. RDDs can…
From Kartarpur to Gwadar and from Khunjerab to Wagah; Pakistan means genuine business in trade and tourism.
Half-way down the lane, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government has reoriented the country’s foreign policy into a new paradigm. It has taken a…
Pakistan has seen its share of mob violence. In the past month alone, we witnessed another frenzied protest, put together by a tsunami of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan workers that took to the streets, wielding sticks and stones, angry and full of vengeance. The…
Time to put an end to guns and gossips! Build on the trust attained in Qatar to foment an era of peace and nation-building in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is an enigma of sorts. Its geo-political vulnerability has kept it on the tenterhooks --…
CHINA and India are two important countries of Asia and their population “accounts for 40 percent of the 6.5 billion plus people on earth.” Seeing the governance structures of China and India, they are led by different systems’.
China is ahead of…
The East and West apparently can for once meet in a symbiosis of values and material rewards. The idea is embodied in the East West Economic Corridor (EWEC), an eponymous complement to CPEC, a small component of China’s Belt and Road Initiative…