With the exodus of US troops from Afghanistan and the speed at which the Taliban has advanced northwards, fears reign that power vacuum might emerge again as the intra-Afghan talks have made little headway. As the battlespace in Afghanistan straddles the border with Pakistan, new challenges are in store for the latter. With competing factions within Afghanistan pitch for influence and the regional states turn to safeguard their stakes checkmating chaos to secure a stable future in is dire straits.
Muhammad Akhter talks about India’s actions in Afghanistan and the measures taken by it ever since US announced its withdrawal from the region. He further talks about how India is playing a biased game in Afghanistan by working on its self serving agendas.
Public sector procurement is increasingly seen as an important instrument for inducing innovation in the private sector. However, according to Barrister Pansota, public procurement management in Pakistan needs a lot of improvement. Laws, rules, and regulations are either non-existent or poorly implemented and enforced. Therefore, it is important that the public procurement regime of the country must have specific institutions to oversee procurements.
Shane Quinn talks about the poor strategic planning that caused the Nazi's failure in dismantling the Soviet Union. He further enlists all the events that took place during that time and how the Soviet Union was able to defend itself from Hitler's ruthless planning.
According to Andrew Korybko, a Russian political analyst, India has such a promising role to play in the emerging multipolar world order that it must not allow itself to continue being misled by the US down the dark path of dividing and ruling Asia at America's behest through the Quad.
According to Amber Afreen, the rise of Artificial Intelligence has taken over the strategic stability of South Asian politics. Countries in this region are gearing up to advance their approach to weapons maintained by the technology.
One of the vaccines used by Pakistan is Sinopharm and according to statistical data, Pakistan has been successful in controlling Covid. However, Dr Aneela Kamil talks about the prejudice against Sinopharm vaccine as its administration affects travel because not every country is accepting this vaccine.
Asif Haroon Raja, a war veteran, and a defense analyst talks in detail about all the events that led to the current situation in Afghanistan. As the US withdraws, there are fears that Afghanistan will face another civil war. However, according to Mr. Haroon Raja, the spoilers of peace are drumming up a fake narrative of civil war as what could be worse than what has already been experienced by the Afghans and Pakistan during the 20-year war on terror
Abdul Rehman Butt talks about how tech giants are now controlled by the powerful entities. He uses examples of recent escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine and how the voices of Palestinians were suppressed by censoring their views.
According to Manish Tewari, a National spokesperson of the Indian National Congress party and former Information & Broadcasting Minister, the US has a history of abandoning its allies. From the Korean conflict to the military involvement in Iraq, the US is always on the lookout for its own interests and often leaves states in a worse-off position. This is a lesson for India who wants to counter China with the US-led Quad.
In Moscow, the Taliban after meeting with Russian officials declared that the group would not attack provincial capitals to prevent large-scale fatalities.
According to Muhammad Mustansar, Balochistan faced severe neglect under the previous governments, causing its people to suffer. However, PM Khan promised to uplift Balochistan, and with the vast number of development projects happening in the region, the PTI government seems to be delivering its promise.
