Tag: MOAB
‘IS-Khurasan Province’ might drag Russia into the Afghan quagmire
Shahid Raza | The U.S. has clearly and squarely lost the war in Afghanistan after 16 years, thousands of casualties, hundreds of billions of dollars...
Karzai blames the US for ISIS’s inception and proliferation
News Analysis | Former Afghan president,Hamid Karzai has berated the US for allowing ISIS to start,development and proliferate inside Afghanistan.Karzai has often lashed out at...
Can Pak-US ties be reconfigured amid hardened positions?
News Analysis | According to US officials, President Donald Trump's administration appears ready to harden its approach toward Pakistan to crack down on Pakistan-based militants...
Is Pakistan still indispensable for the US in the region?
US officials have called Pakistan an important ally and one that can bring Taliban to the talking table. Pakistan is an ally on counterterrorism...
The capture of Tora Bora by Daesh: How will it affect...
News Analysis | Islamic State militants, under pressure from Afghan and U.S. forces, have seized a new stronghold in Tora Bora, a mountainous area dotted...
Yet another US drone strike in Pakistan
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed several Pakistani Taliban militants in North Waziristan close to the Afghanistan border, one militant commander and multiple intelligence...
After MOAB, USA reveals GMD: Which state will be used as...
Dr. Zafar N. Jaspal | Since his election, President Trump has been signaling to solidify United States military muscle. He has exhibited leaning towards the new...
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,...
Bombers storm Afghan TV station: More troubles in the path of...
News Analysis | Several gunmen wearing suicide vests have attacked a national television and radio station in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, police have...
More troops in Afghanistan: A recap of the Vietnam war?
Michael Kugelman | (CNN) In recent days, with Afghanistan's Taliban insurgency continuing to gain steam and America's longest war staggering through its 16th year, analysts have...
General McMaster creates a new worry for Pakistan
News Analysis | The US National Security Adviser Gen H.R. McMaster has said that the Trump administration is working on a policy which will apply...
The intelligence top brass warns the US of increasing “Afghan Trouble”
News Analysis | On Thursday, the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence was presented with a comprehensive Worldwide Threat Assessment Report. The Director of National...
US Troop surge in Afghanistan: Will it work this time?
News Analysis | Following swift incursions being made by a resurgent Taliban, top US security and foreign affairs aides have proposed a new strategy for...
Focusing on ISIS: Are we losing sight of a bigger enemy...
Michael Kugelman | On April 13, the U.S. military dropped a huge bomb on caves and tunnels used by Islamic State fighters in eastern Afghanistan....
Mother of All Bombs: nothing more than a mere theatrical act...
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The BBC’s first-hand report from the remote site in the southern Afghanistan province of Nangarhar where the US dropped the Mother...
Afghan Army’s biggest set back: Has Trump’s ‘Mother of all Bombs’...
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | In a gruesome attack on the Afghan National Army headquarters, more than 100 people lost their lives. The military formation...
US Deep State is using “Trump” card to play the game...
Muhammad Azam | In the past two weeks, the state of the White House has sublimated from chaotic damage control to a visibly coherent institution...
