More: Afghanistan
Doha Peace Deal and the Security Implications for India
The United States and the Taliban signed a historic peace agreement in Doha on Feb 29, 2020. The deal calls for complete withdrawal of...
Afghanistan: Civilian casualties down, but hundreds still killed, despite US-Taliban deal
In the first quarter of 2020, the number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan fell by nearly a third from the same period a year...
Un-shrouding the Pashtun tahaffuz (protection) movement (PTM)
The PTM emerged on Pakistan’s public scene as a non-violent rights movement. It, initially, just wanted that `extrajudicial’ killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud, a Pusthun...
US-Afghan Peace Deal: Beneficial for Pakistan’s National Security
In late February finally a peace agreement was signed between United States and the Taliban that sets a timetable for the withdrawal of the...
Why Central Asian Jihadists are Inspired by the US-Taliban Agreement?
Central Asian Jihadists Congratulate Taliban and Threaten Five ‘Stans’
Al-Qaeda-backed Central Asian Salafi-Jihadi groups were highly encouraged by the US-Taliban agreement which was signed in...
Trends on Afghan Peace Agreement
The long
awaited and much deliberated Afghan Peace Agreement has finally been concluded.
However, amid the celebrations and new found hope, naysayers rightly point out
the fragility...
Papering Over the Fissures Inherent in the Afghan Reconciliation Process
In the wake of last month’s highly publicized peace agreement
between the US and the Taliban, as well as the recently concluded Presidential
elections, political turmoil...
‘Unanimous’ ICC gives go-ahead to probe Afghanistan alleged war crimes
Prosecutors have been given the green light to
investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan - and
beyond its borders – linked to...
U.S. -Taliban deal: Will Peace Endure in Afghanistan?
The
face-saving exit of the US from its
protracted fatigued involvement in the Afghan theatre, which cost the country
$3 trillion and blood of 2400 soldiers, was...
No agreement is perfect, US-Taliban deal is no exception
The US
spokespersons and the Taliban representatives have signed an agreement after a
long negotiation in Qatar Doha expected to end the US's longest war in...