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Did 9/11 attacks halt Bush’s plan of invasion in Afghanistan?

As George W. Bush entered the White House on 20 January 2001, having been granted a controversial election victory, his cabinet promptly drew up...

Russia invites Pakistan, US and China to extended Troika but excludes India

The Hindustan Times published a story this week headlined “India again kept out of extended troika meet on Afghanistan called by Russia”. Rezaul H....

How was it possible for China to achieve miraculous developments?

To develop a country, many things are required, but the most important are: Capital, Technology, and Human resources. Pakistan is severely facing the front...

Healing lives through literature during a global pandemic

The conceivable prescient books, by notable authors in literature, narrated the theme of isolation, community, and love. And in this respect, they are powerfully...

Indian-Taliban tensions might spell trouble for the Afghan peace process

The Taliban's latest condemnation of India for its unsolicited comments about the upcoming talks in Doha and New Delhi's alleged arming of Kabul spell...

A gloomy tale of Pakistan and the Olympics

 Olympics, the ancient, and the largest gaming festival mark its beginning in 776 BC. The foundation of the sporting festival, initiated by Heracles, the...

Is Pakistan fueling a Taliban takeover?

Dr. Hussain Nadim argues that the political blame game played by the Afghanistan government is to deflect from its own administrative failures and incompetencies. He maintained that Pakistan has only helped its neighbor at the time of turmoil. The piece was originally published by the Lowy Institute and is republished here with the author's consent.

How do Russia, Pakistan, China, Iran and India view the Taliban’s rise in Afghanistan?

The Pentagon has talked about establishing some sort of military base in the region to monitor terrorist activity within Afghanistan. It says this presence...

Countering the hydro-hegemony in South Asia: Can Pakistan’s geographical disadvantages be mitigated?

The talk of ‘impending water wars’ has been around for over two decades now. Back in 1995, the World Bank’s former Vice-President Ismail Serageldin...

Who killed pro-freedom Kashmiri leader Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai?

On May 5, 2021, the highly symbolic Kashmiri freedom leader, Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai, Chairman of the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), died of COVID-19 while...

Rethinking FIR in the era of modern-day crimes

Crime, in the modern-day, has evolved to become more sophisticated and less traceable. Therefore, a corresponding shift needs to take place in the prosecutorial and judicial application of relevant law. And in this process, a rethinking of the sanctity that our criminal justice system affords to the FIR is perhaps the first step.

Korybko’s response To Hoodbhoy: Security dilemmas ruined Afghanistan

Mr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, an Islamabad-based physicist and writer, published a piece in Dawn on 31 July titled “Who messed up Afghanistan?” He posits that...
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