Imtiaz Gul
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Imtiaz Gul is the founder and Executive Director of Center for Research and Security Studies, an Islamabad-based think tank that he founded in December 2007. He is a prominent columnist and author of several books on South Asia including “Pakistan: Before & After Osama Bin Laden”. He regularly appears as an analyst on Pakistani TV channels as well as the Doha-based Al-Jazeera English/Arabic satellite TV channel for his expertise in areas such as Afghanistan/Tribal Areas / and the Kashmir militancy. He is a prominent columnist writing for the Express Tribune, Daily Times, Foreign Policy and many others. He is the author of several books on South Asia, his latest book “Pakistan: Before & After Osama Bin Laden”. He regularly appears as an analyst on Pakistani TV channels as well as the Doha-based Al-Jazeera English/Arabic satellite TV channel for his expertise in areas such as Afghanistan/Tribal Areas / and the Kashmir militancy. He has presented papers and given talks at universities and international security and counter-terror conferences in Brussels, Tokyo, Berlin, New Delhi, Kabul, New York, Washington, the Hague, Riyadh, Italy, Oslo, Stockholm, Beijing. http://www.imtiazgul.com/
American geo-political isolation like never before
This was reiterated by the Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in the parliament last month, saying that “no US base will be allowed by Prime Minister Imran Khan so long he is in power”.
‘Democratic’ India threatens Twitter with punitive action
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Op-ed: Looking back at Salman Taseer’s killing
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Imran Khan’s anti-corruption drive pitched against high...
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How PML-N’s anti-establishment narrative is quietly harming...
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Intra-Afghan talks: Understanding the ground realities
Over five weeks into their first face to face meeting, the Afghan government and the Taliban delegations have yet to agree even on the...
US: The nexus between generals and military...
As Taliban and Kabul government negotiators undergo the compulsory week long Covid-19 induced quarantine, a couple of developments ahead of the impending intra-Afghan negotiations...
Intra Afghan Talks: Many a Slip between...
Afghan expert argues that the intra-Afghan negotiations process is going to be thorny, tardy and marked by hardliners on both sides; with the classical establishment in Kabul viewing Taliban as terrorists and using regional warlords as a bulwark against them and the Taliban seeing no place in a future setup for these warlords.