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Derailing the Afghan Peace Process
A prominent religious scholar and Ex-Senator Sami-ul-Haq was assassinated in the late hours of 2nd of November. The late senator was a prominent figure...
Top Afghan commander’s killing raises questions
The formidable, flamboyant, maverick police chief of southern Afghan province of Kandahar General Abdul Raziq Achakzai was gunned down in a shootout inside the...
Why and How Russia is poised to strengthen its Afghan Role
After the Soviet Union's withdrawal from Afghanistan and the USSR's subsequent disintegration, Russia seemed neither interested in nor capable of securing a pro-Moscow regime...
Pak-US Relations: Resetting the terms of engagement in Afghanistan
The election of Imran Khan to the prime Minister office is no less than a glimmer of hope for the nation’s lost credentials and...
Central Asian Jihadists under Al Qaeda’s & Taliban’s Strategic Ties
At the time when the Uzbek authorities held an international conference on Afghanistan on March 26-27, 2018, and the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov...
Pakistan at a crossroads as Imran Khan is sworn in
Criticism of Pakistan’s anti-money laundering and terrorism finance regime by the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) is likely to complicate incoming Pakistani...
Afghan-owned peace process only solution to war in Afghanistan
America’s top military commander in Afghanistan, John Nicholson, sent regional observers into a tizzy with his comments on Monday that the United States was...
America’s Failures in Afghanistan: What are the Russian Plans?
President Vladimir Putin’s Russia is not inward looking but very much outward looking and has clearly shown its intentions to exert in its near...
For peace in Afghanistan, talk to Afghans
Quite clearly, the beleaguered ‘national unity government’ in Kabul, which has faced blistering criticism at home and abroad for failing to stem violence, has...
Strained Pak-US Ties: All is Not Lost
Pakistan has always desired and wanted sustainable peace, stability and prosperity in the region. For that reason it stayed pragmatic about the peace talks...