Tag: Hamid Karzai
TAPI: A Dreamer’s Pipe-dream becoming reality?
Marvin G. Weinbaum & Samad Sadri | Global demand for energy is increasing and natural gas consumption is growing faster than for oil and coal. In...
PTM: A Pashtun Spring..?
Murtaza Shibli | Manzoor Pashteen swears by his commitment and dedication to the cause of Pashtuns who have become victims of an endless war. In...
Afghanistan – A view from Pakistan
K. Hussan Zia | President Trump and his cohorts are accusing Pakistan of perfidy for taking $33 billion in aid from the U.S and not...
The US continues to scapegoat Pakistan for its failures in Afghanistan
News Analysis | The Taliban fired 20 rockets at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, hours after US Secretary of Defense James Mattis and...
Musharraf Reacts: Holds Zardari responsible for the murder of Benazir Bhutto…?
News Analysis | Former President General Pervez Musharraf has come out all guns blazing against Co-Chairman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Asif Ali Zardari. He...
Punishing Pakistan on Afghanistan: US Befuddled Policy
Adnan Qaiser | While the history of Afghanistan is written in blood; it is also inked in flawed outlook and failed policies. Apart from Afghans’...
Threats to regional peace: The implications of a disrupted Afghanistan
Abdul Rahim | Due to its geostrategic location in the region, Afghanistan occupies a unique place in global and regional politics. The future of Asia,...
Abdullah Abdullah denies allegations of conspiring against Pakistan
Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan’s Chief Executive, has said that Afghanistan neither has the capacity nor the intention to destabilize Pakistan. This statement came days...
Afghanistan’s stubbornness: An obstacle in regional development
Imtiaz Gul | At a May 2015 global forum in Beijing, former President Hamid Karzai had talked of high time to "recommit ourselves to peaceful...
Pakistan’s route to safety: Revision of the Afghan policy
Asif Haroon Raja | On May 5, 2017, Afghan border security forces carried out unprovoked firing across the Chaman border in Baluchistan on two Pakistani...
So who was the real target of “Mother of All Bombs”?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The decision by the US commander in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, to drop the ‘mother of all bombs’ on an alleged...
Pak-Afghan relations improving as both countries review previous no go areas
Imtiaz Gul | Multi-tier border management mechanism, a Pakistani demand stone-walled by Kabul on the pretext that "terrorists don't use regular border crossings". Ahead of the...
Durand Line: Pakistan & Afghan Relations stressed due to a pestering...
Tahir Khan | A heated debate started in Afghanistan after, comments made by Abdul Latif Pedram’s that he considers Durand Line as an “internationally recognized...
Taliban tell Trump to get out of Afghanistan
The Taliban has asked President Donald Trump to withdraw US forces from the "quagmire" of Afghanistan, saying that nothing has been achieved in 15...
India’s Growing Arms Footprint in Afghanistan Enables Regional Power Projection
SHASHANK JOSHI | Nov 1, 2016 India’s growing arms footprint in Afghanistan points to an important future aspect of its regional power projection. “We have a...
