The Islamic State Factor: How Long Can The Taliban Government Survive?
Two months after the military takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, no country has recognised the regime’s emirate. Not a ...
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
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PM Khan Is Wrong About Talking To TTP
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s revelation that some of the “Pakistani Taliban groups want to talk to our government” and that ...
Reconciliation Process: TTP Group Announces Three-Week Ceasefire
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Friday announced a three-week ceasefire till October 2I hours after Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed ...
Will The Afghan Taliban Let Pakistan Influence Their Polices?
The Taliban’s Reconquista rocked the world – perhaps because of its blitz. Many on our streets whirled in a trance ...
Pakistan Has No One But Itself To Blame For England, New Zealand Tour Cancellation
Pakistan officials thoroughly mishandled the issue of New Zealand and now England's cancellation of their cricket team's tour to the ...
South Asia’s Dilemma: US Absence Makes Your Skin Cold
Since the early 1990s, American diplomacy in South Asia has largely remained focused on managing the tense relations between two ...
Will Taliban Be Able To Contain Violence Within Afghan Borders?
The most important question for the newly-formed Taliban government in Kabul would be how to control or contain violence within ...
‘Statements Not Enough’: Malala Urges Taliban To Protect Afghan Women’s Right To Education
Nobel laureate girls rights activist Malala Yousufzai has called on the Taliban to guarantee protection of women and girls' rights ...
Taliban Will Govern Afghanistan Through Fear And Coercion
The Taliban's record of governing Afghanistan in the 1990s was disappointingly dismal. The only legitimacy they claimed to have (or ...
Kabul Before Unrest: Reminiscing About A City Where Ambitions Were Once Encouraged
With the recent turn of events in Afghanistan, I wanted to share the experiences of someone who had lived there ...
Afghan Folk Singer Allegedly Shot Dead By Taliban
An Afghan folk singer Fawad Andrabi was allegedly gunned down by a Taliban commander in Andarab Valley, north of Kabul. ...
Pakistan Leaders’ Glorification Of The Taliban Triumph Is A Recipe For Disaster
It was a pleasant evening in winters of 2019 when I was sitting with a retired Pakistan general at an ...
Pakistan Seeking Action Against TTP Militants in Afghanistan
A list of Pakistan’s “most wanted” Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists operating from Afghanistan has been handed over to the Afghan ...
Too Early To Celebrate: Saleem Safi Warns Imran Khan
Saleem Safi warns Imran Khan government against celebrating the victory as Pakistan's economy is linked with World Bank and IMF ...
Why Did The US Lose To The Taliban?
Could a country defeat its enemy in two months and eventually lose to that enemy 20 years later? In its ...
Ashraf Ghani’s Brother Reportedly Pledges Allegiance To Taliban
Exiled Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s brother, Hashmat Ghani Ahmadzai, has reportedly announced his support for the Taliban. International media reported ...
Anti-Taliban Protests Erupt In Afghanistan: Citizens Fly Country’s Flag In Defiance Of New Rule
An anti-Taliban group of Afghan warlords and politicians, called Northern Alliance, held a march carrying Afghanistan's national flag in the ...
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