Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, former Prime Minster of Afghanistan visited Pakistan from October 19 to 21, ostensibly to seek cooperation for reduction in violence. Reduction in violence is the latest American buzz word that implies Taliban should stop fighting while the Afghan National Security Forces and the US led occupation forces should keep brow beating Taliban with…
President Donald Trump is desperate for inking an early agreement with the Afghan Taliban, on the edge are his Nobel Peace Prize and second Presidential term. Taliban are in no hurry, in their calculus, a decade or two here and there do not matter. The stakes of Afghanistan’s peace talks are extremely high. Failure, said…
The erstwhile “Lion of Kashmir” Shaikh Abdullah dynasty is not well reputed amongst the Kashmiri people. As long as Chief Minster ship of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) is within the family, they lick the boots of whosoever rules New Delhi. The moment the mantle passes on to someone outside their family, they…
According to a recent Foreign Policy South Asia Brief by Ravi Agrawal the start of intra Afghan talks is uncertain as prisoner release has once again stalled. France and Australia have objected to the release of several Taliban prisoners accused of killing French and Australian nationals and soldiers. Afghanistan’s government is withholding the release of…
August 05 was observed as “Yum-e-Istehsal” [Exploitation Day] by Pakistan and the Kashmiris the world over to commemorate India’s illegal annexation of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K) in 2019. This unilateral Indian action has violated the “Shimla Agreement” and various statutes of international laws. None of India’s neighbours is happy with its aggressive Kashmir policies….
Month of July has special significance in the history of struggle for the right of self-determination by the people of Jammu and Kashmir. July 19, denotes “Accession to Pakistan Day”. This day is observed every year in renewal of the historical resolution of Kashmir’s accession to Pakistan passed by the people of the state in…
India’s cowardice in Ladakh is costing it enormously, the pattern would continue for quite some time. Having lost its credibility as a regional power, even small neighbours like Bhutan and Nepal are showing eyes to India. The US and its allies now know it, for sure, that India is of no use in their anti-China…
Pakistan’s Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah during a visit to Kabul on June 09. They discussed the ongoing peace process. The Army Chief conveyed Pakistan’s unwavering support for a sustainable peace in Afghanistan. Bajwa’s visit…
Courtiers are murmuring and the rest are shouting yet Emperor Modi refuses to see that he is without clothes. What must the rank and file of the Indian army, whose 22 comrades at arms laid down their lives trying to evict the Chinese from Ladakh, be thinking of Modi? Opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi…
United Nations Secretary General while lamenting bigotry stated that “We’ve seen a surge in Covid-19 related anti-Muslim attacks”. Most of these attacks are taking place in India under the patronage of government. Right now, India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is following overtly racist and sectarian policies. Modi’s actions are not only eroding India’s own…
