Karzai accuses US for creating ISIS?
News Analysis | Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that the Islamic State Khurasan faction has emerged in Afghanistan under the watch of the...
Ashraf Ghani to visit Pakistan: Can we expect better Af-Pak ties in the near future?
News Analysis l Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has accepted the invitation of the Pakistani COAS, General Qamar Javed Bajwa to come to Pakistan in a...
A master plan to balkanize Pakistan – Part I
Asif Haroon Raja | The drama of 9/11 provided a ready-made excuse to George W. Bush and his team of Neocons to wage wars against...
Killing and dying for minerals
Jacob G. Hornberger | “President Trump, searching for a reason to keep the United States in Afghanistan after 16 years of war, has latched on...
Good old days: When USA ‘dined’ & ‘wined’ with Haqqani’s & Hafiz Saeed’s
News Analysis | Pakistan refuses to take the blame for the Haqqani Network and other alleged militant outfits, reminding the United States that these 'terrorists'...
The US continues to scapegoat Pakistan for its failures in Afghanistan
News Analysis | The Taliban fired 20 rockets at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, hours after US Secretary of Defense James Mattis and...
Ray of hope: Pakistan’s journey towards a Polio-free country
News Desk | Pakistan’s decades-long persistent fight against Polio is now finally exhibiting the bright signals of culminating into fruition. Even Bill Gates, the co-founder...
Potential discussion points between PM Abbasi & US vice president on sidelines of UN General Assembly
News Analysis | Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is likely to meet US Vice President Mike Pence on the sidelines of the United Nations General...
Afghanistan: Growing regional consensus between Russia, China, Iran & Pakistan..?
M K Bhadrakumar | A public remark of great significance that the visiting Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani made while in Delhi this week appeared in...
The illegality of Trump’s ‘Afghanistan war’
Jacob G. Hornberger | When President Trump attributed his flip-flop on Afghanistan to his team of military generals, who informed him that a withdrawal from...
Peaceful Afghanistan is in Pakistan’s best interest: General Zubair
News Analysis | Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), General Zubair Mehmood Hayat has said that a peaceful Afghanistan is in the best interest...
The US failed Afghan policy – What should Pakistan do? Part-III
Asif Haroon Raja | Pakistan’s Strengths Today, Pakistan is in much stronger position since it has overcome the threat of India’s Cold Start doctrine by developing...