Dear Readers, That the U.S. has a very poor history of making efforts to learn the lessons of many of its recent wars is an understatement, the irony is that it is already focusing on other strategic issues and the crises that cropped up following its abrupt and ill planned withdrawal from Afghanistan in the…

Only days after the Taliban take-over of Kabul a fresh resistance has raised its head, in the Panjshir valley. The self-proclaimed leader of this resistance movement is Amrullah Saleh, vice-president in Ghani’s toppled government. After Ghani’s cowardly flight from Afghanistan Saleh declared himself President while referring to the Afghan Constitution. However he played it safe…

Dear Readers, History seems to be repeating itself with the lightning gains made by the Taleban across Afghanistan in the last few weeks, culminating in their takeover of Kabul on Sunday, August 15. This day should be remembered as a Red Letter Day in the history of both the United States and Afghanistan for contrasting…

Dear Readers, After the early demise of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in September 1948, followed three years later by the assassination of Pakistan’s first Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan, the performances of leaders that followed, almost across the board with honourable exceptions, left much to be desired. The Quaid’s dream of Pakistan becoming a truly…

After the killing of more than 240 people in Gaza, and 12 in Israel mostly civilians the 11-day-long conflict between Israel and the Palestinians finally ended with a ceasefire on Friday, May 21, but fears of a fresh escalation continue to haunt the region. Like in the past, this latest bout of fighting basically proved…

My father was posted from GHQ to East Pakistan Rifles (EPR) in early 1962 as Sector Commander EPR Sylhet Sector. This Sector comprised the Districts of Sylhet, Comilla, Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts with HQs at Sylhet. I was then 16, studying in Murari Chand (MC) College Sylhet when my father went to command the…

Dear Readers, A good man who was far ahead of his time, my father, Abdul Majeed Sehgal was certainly destined for far better things than what he apparently achieved during his lifetime. Since he died a contented person, he must have done better than we thought he did or perhaps his ambitions were limited, aspiring…

The purpose of this trilogy of articles was to find out why antisemitism is a misnomer and anti-Zionism would be the right substitute for it. It is because the demand for a country called Israel in the place Palestine where Arabs have been living for centuries is part of the Jewish mythology that has been…

It is not or not only the hatred of Jews that is causing the intractability of the conflict in the Middle East. It is the existence of the state of Israel, the character of the state and the history of its creation. As most people may know Israel is a modern creation. The early history…

If anyone wants to call anyone names be precise, at least one expects this from those considered educated! During an interview dealing concerning the recent Israeli attack on Gaza Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told CNN anchor Bianna Golodryga that Israel is losing “the media war, despite their connections.” The anchor then asked the Pakistani…