Will Trump’s ‘new’ Afghan strategy be successful?
Nasir Azeem | The Foreign Policy of every state on the world map is always carved out to protect its national interests. But what is...
Trumps’ new Afghan strategy- recipe for war, destruction and mayhem
Jan Achakzai | The US President Trump in his speech unveiled his administration’s much awaited Afghan strategy, setting out a commitment to send extra 4000...
Delhi, Kabul hail Trump’s new South Asia policy
News Analysis | Afghanistan and India have welcomed the path laid by the US for fighting the simmering war in Afghanistan. US President Trump's speech...
A policy in search of a strategy
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | After endless deliberations, bickerings, and dithering, President Trump got the cat out of the bag; the new South Asia policy...
Army preempts Trump’s speech; puts forward Pakistan’s perspective
News Analysis | Director-General of the ISPR announced the successful completion of Operation Khyber 4 in the Rajgal valley, which was launched last month in...
Trump draws geopolitical battle lines in South Asia
James M. Dorsey | President Donald J. Trump has drawn battle lines in South Asia that are likely to have a ripple effect across Eurasia:...
Exclusive Interview with Michael Kugelman: Pakistan, Afghanistan & Confused Trump Administration..!
GVS News Desk | Former director CIA, General Petraeus, in an interview with PBS in June 2017, stated that the war in Afghanistan will be...
The Afghan end game – military action or political activism?
Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan | The big question that has been asked by the strategists for over a decade and a half now is –...
Iran and Afghan Taliban: A marriage of convenience or something bigger?
News Analysis | For 16 years, the United States has been in Afghanistan with a goal of preventing the war-torn country from once again being...
Dissecting Kabul’s “do more” demand.
Diwan Rayan | The demand by the Afghan government that Pakistan should go after the Afghan Taliban, might seem simple on the face of it,...
New Afghan Policy – Implications for Pakistan
Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan | Pakistan is eagerly awaiting the announcement of the Trump administration’s new Afghan policy – likely to be made public shortly....
The Afghan quagmire
News Desk | The Afghan Taliban on Friday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) patrol north of Kabul...