Archive for 'Af-Pak'
Pakistan-Afghanistan Barbed Association
Posted on03. Nov, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
By Brig Asif Haroon Raja Afghanistan shares 1400 km border with Pakistan. Apart from geographic contiguity, 42% Pashtuns of 28 million population of Afghanistan share religious, ethnic, linguistic and cultural ties with 15.2 million Pashtuns of 174 million population of Pakistan. Pashtuns living in close vicinity of Durand Line have blood relations and the border [...]
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Afghan ban on Pakistani newspapers
Posted on09. Oct, 2012 by Ehsan Khan.
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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Afghanistan and Pakistan: Brothers in Arms
Posted on15. Jul, 2012 by Editor.
One major question that boggles many minds is why, despite the material and political sacrifice and socio-political suffering, does Pakistani role in Afghanistan continue to draw negative publicity? Why do our relations with Kabul fail to normalise? This perhaps, makes a peep back into history imperative. By Farooq Yousaf 79’ Soviet war, Mullah Omar’s Taliban regime, the September [...]
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Af-Pak: Fluid security situation
Posted on03. Feb, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
By Brig Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan had become a target of Indo-US-Israeli nexus in the 1990s since it was the lone nuclear Muslim country. Before embarking upon the Afghanistan venture in October 2001, the five strategic partners USA, UK, Germany, Israel and India had mutually agreed at the outset in September 2001 to hoodwink Pakistan [...]
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Af-Pak: US Military Scuttles Withdrawal Plan
Posted on05. Dec, 2011 by Waqar Khan.
Obama’s plan goes out the window By Waqar Kauravi 26th Nov 2011 may be a turning point in US involvement in the Afpak region where the CIA guided operation against Pakistani posts of Salala has changed the strategic environment with an operation lasting for three hours only. What were the aims and objectives of this [...]
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Leaving Afghanistan like a friend
Posted on19. Nov, 2011 by Dr Shahid Qureshi.
Pakistan suffered approximately $70 billion economic losses to its economy, deployed more than 147,800 troops conducting combat operations in the tribal areas along the Afghan border. The Pakistani armed forces have lost more than 3,500 soldiers, with another 6,400 injured. By Dr Shahid Qureshi Afghanistan will always be a neighbour of Pakistan whether someone likes it [...]
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Premature To Convene Bonn II
Posted on14. Nov, 2011 by Khalid Iqbal.
By Air Commodore ® Khalid Iqbal [...]
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The Incomplete Istanbul Conference
Posted on06. Nov, 2011 by Raja Mujtaba.
Defence & Diplomacy By Raja Mujtaba Progressively, Turkey is assuming a greater role in the Islamic world and doing so with great confidence and responsibility. Ever since the Islamists have emerged as the frontline players in Turkey so has its acceptance increased in the Muslim world more so in Central Asia and Pakistan. Its impact [...]
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Afghanistan Jigsaw
Posted on29. Oct, 2011 by Khalid Iqbal.
"Puppets do not have a brain of their own but tapes installed with a recorded message that comes on every time one touches it; Karzai is a living puppet." Raja Mujtaba By Air Commodore ® Khalid Iqbal Afghan President presented the best facet of his statesmanship when he said in a recent TV interview, [...]
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US: Haqqani Nightmares
Posted on08. Oct, 2011 by Asif H Raja.
Haqqani Network has become Achilles Heel of USA By Brig Asif Haroon Raja Civil war in Afghanistan is raging since 1976. It saw relative calm and stability during brief spell of Taliban rule, but peace was snatched away by USA and the country was again pushed into the inferno. Ongoing war lit in October 2001 [...]
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