Significant factors impacting peaceful or otherwise Afghanistan are: stay-exit dilemma of the US, will of the Taliban, Indian meddling, handling of Afghan refugees, Pak-Afghan border management, Afghan government’s action against TTP bands etc. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s recent report on…
The busiest border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan reopened last Saturday morning after the recent border skirmishes which led to its closure for six days. Recent border skirmishes are the first of its kind, tightening the already tensed relations between Pakistan and…
Obsession with surround and contain syndrome in Asia has overwhelmed India-US axis (not yet nexus), since the end of cold war. The US wants to surround and contain China and India is a clandestine partner in this venture while articulating denial. India…
تحریر : ڈیڈیئر شودت
اس مختصرتحریر کے ذریعے انیس کروڑ اٹھائیس لاکھ افراد پر مشتمل ملک ’’ پاکستان ‘‘ کی بابت سمجھنے اور سوچنے کی سعی کی گئی ہے ۔ آگے بڑھنے سے پہلے پاکستان کے جغرافیے کو جاننا ضروری ہے ۔…
تحریر : ڈیڈیئر شودت
پہلے ہم نے اس امر کا جائزہ لیا کہ ’’ ٹرمپ ‘‘ کا ممکنہ طور پر صدر منتخب ہونا بظاہر افغان تنازعہ کے لئے ایک بری پیش رفت ہو گی ۔ مگر ’’ ہیلری کلنٹن ‘‘ کیا…
تحریر : ڈیڈیئر شودت
یہ تو اب واضح ہو ہی چکا ہے کہ امریکی صدارتی انتخابات ’’ ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ ‘‘ اور ’’ ہیلری کلنٹن ‘‘ کے مابین ہی ہو گا اور ان دونوں میں سے کوئی
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We saw last week, that a Trump presidency would, at first sight, be rather bad news for the Afghan conflict and for US-Pakistan relations. But would Clinton, as president, do better? While the former First Lady and Secretary of State has a…
In changing regional dynamics, one most talked and discussed is the Indo-US Strategic Partnership. With the inter-regional overlapping occurring at a critical point, we see India and the Unites States outlining the vast scope and depth of the present and planned Indo-US…
Whenever Americans are in trouble they promptly accept humbling terms and conditions but never forget to pick-up the threads immediately after the obtaining circumstances are over. When Soviets walked into Afghanistan, Pakistan was under severe American sanctions on account of its nuclear…
It seems that propaganda against Pakistan has become pastime activity of some intellectuals in the West who know very little about the actual conditions in Pakistan. They keep alleging Pakistan as a part of the problem. A few days back an Indian…