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Afghan ban on Pakistani newspapers

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By Ehsan Mehmood Khan “The Afghan government decided to ban all Pakistani newspapers in Afghanistan,” Sayed Ihsanuddin Taheri, the Afghan Government spokesman, stated on September 21, 2012. The papers have been banned because, “In recent months Pakistani newspapers have started an anti-Afghan government campaign, especially in the eastern provinces,” he stated. He also upheld that [...]

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Diversification of Diplomatic Relations

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Double Bracket: After a 22-year official breakup of diplomatic ties following the Paris Peace Accords of 1973, President Clinton proclaimed the formal normalisation of ties with Vietnam on July 11, 1995. In this backdrop, is it difficult to extend warmth to the Pakistan-Russia ties 24 years after the Geneva Accord signed on April 14, 1988?

By Ehsan Mehmood Khan “There are no permanent enemies and no permanent friends, only permanent interests,” noted William Clay, a US Congressman in 1992. Albeit applicable in all spheres of human life, Clay’s dictum is particularly relevant to interstate relations. Foreign policy, indeed, is based on national interests and transforms with the change in policies. [...]

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