The chaotic United States withdrawal from Afghanistan and the consequent vacuum rapidly filled by the Taliban surprised everyone. Large amounts of weapons, especially aircraft falling into the hands of the Taliban raised some concerns. However, these fears are exaggerated. The Taliban is an insurgent force engaging in a protracted warfare focused on hit and run…
Introduction Mixing truth with falsehood and hiding the truth had become common practice among the People of the Book, this practice was for the purpose of misleading others. They were warned about this religious evil. “Why do you mix truth with falsehood and knowingly hide the truth?” [Quran 3:71] There is a lesson that the Muslim…
Suicide Bombing Attacks Four Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed and 20 others sustained injuries on September 5 in a suicide attack near a FC check post on Mastung Road in Quetta, reports Dawn. Deputy Inspector General of Quetta Police Azhar Akram said that 18 of the injured were security officials while two were bystanders, adding…
The significance of sports diplomacy cannot be marginalized in world politics because the arrangement of various games at bilateral and multilateral level strengthens people-to-people contacts between States. Governments have always tried to improve their standing in the world through promoting their soft image with the help of sports (and other means) of diplomacy. The greater…
The revulsion-cum-revolution, though peaceful in essence, on Pakistan’s western frontiers and the Taliban set-up has pitched Pakistan in a leadership role in the region and beyond. For the first time in four decades, it is hoped peace will return to Southwest Asia. The landlocked state which sits on the crossroads of geo-economics, inevitably controlling more…
The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit occurred in the shadow of sudden and dramatic events in Afghanistan that resulted in the emergence of Afghan Taliban rule after 20 years. It can’t be said for certain whether any of the SCO member countries and western stake holders were prepared for such a scenario. This un-expected…
On August 15th the Taliban swept across the whole of Afghanistan and Kabul fell without even a bullet fired. The Europeans and the Americans in particular were in disbelief. This is the project that the American military, NATO and European armies had been building for the last 20 long years. It is the longest war…
1. Introduction 1.1 Humanity has been facing environmental tragedies since the dawn of civilization. Such tragedies were decreed by the Creator because of human misdeeds or else they were caused by anthropogenic activity. Nature punishes humans whenever they interfere with natural phenomena. Since the Industrial Revolution human outlook has been fast sliding down from morality…
Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on September 18 that he has initiated a dialogue with the Taliban for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan. The announcement was made a day after his meeting with the leaders of Afghanistan’s neighbours, including China, Russia, Iran and Tajikistan on the side-lines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization…
“In war, the moral is to the physical as ten is to one”. This quote from Napoleon Bonaparte could be an apt description of what happened to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in front of the ever-advancing Taliban! While the speed of ANDSF’s capitulation was a shock, the end results perhaps not…
