Behind the ‘enemy’ line the borders of J&K
ahmed sabirThe closer you get to the border in J&K, the greater the yearning for an end to ceasefire violations By Happymon Jacob “Why do you want to visit our side…
US – Pakistan split – Whither Afghanistan?
By Andrew Korybko The escalating tensions between the US and Pakistan over what Washington says is Islamabad's provision of “safe havens to terrorists” might lead to NATO being cut off…
US creates Afghan transit route with counter-narrative in Central Asia
The US President Donald Trump made a significant diplomatic breakthrough in the Afghan war by getting Kazakhstan President Nurusultan Nazarbayev to commit at their meeting in the White House on…
’60 minutes’ story on Afghanistan highlights 16 years of US failures
Ghani also made a staggering claim of 21 international terrorist groups operating in the country, making Afghanistan less safe. A fifteen minute story on CBS network's famous show '60 minutes'…
Cutting off Pakistan, US takes gamble in complex Afghan war
By Mujib Mashal and Salman Masood Afghan officials have pleaded with several United States administrations now to reconsider their support for Pakistan, which was both receiving billions of dollars in…
Pakistan’s asymmetrical response to Trump is a clever way to flip the tables on Afghanistan
By Andrew Korybko Pakistan's announcement that it will seek the expulsion of over 1.5 million Afghan refugees in the next 30 days is being tacitly justified by Trump's tweet and…
Why the war in Afghanistan is an even bigger defeat than Vietnam
By John Haltiwanger After 13 years of fighting, the War in Afghanistan is finally winding down. American and British forces just withdrew from Camp Leatherneck and Camp Bastion and handed…
India stands by Russia as US crosses ‘red line’ in Ukraine
In a highly significant diplomatic gesture, India showed solidarity with Russia in the UN General Assembly vote on Tuesday, which condemned the human rights situation in Crimea and Sevastopol. The…
What the National crime records bureau report does not tell us about Cyber Crime in India
It presents an inaccurate picture by counting only police cases and not complaints In July 2015, an Azerbaijani woman emailed the Delhi police complaining an India-based man was blackmailing her…
Tehran won’t allow India to use Chabahar port to undermine Pakistan, say Iranian diplomats
By: Kamran Yousaf On December 3, Iranian President Hassan Rowhani inaugurated the first phase of Chabahar port. Pakistan is not part of the project, yet its minister for ports and…