Over 32,000 Afghans and 2,700 Pakistanis crossed into their respective countries via the Torkham and Chaman crossing points on Wednesday — the last day of reopening of the border...
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Women’s Day – Meaningless for Afghan Women
The 8th of March was celebrated as International Women’s Day across the world, but does it matter for Afghan women? The rights of women have been a controversial issue and Afghan...
CPEC Enclaves
A small line in a news story a few days ago caught my eye. The setting was a hearing in the Senate Standing Committee on Planning and Development at which high officials from the...
Afghan Weekly (Feb 24 – Mar 02, 2017)
Pakistan assured Afghanistan of its full support this week as Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry on Sunday stated that Pakistan had equally faced the brunt of terrorism and...
China awaits Gwadar’s development to invest in industrial setups
China will convince its investors to set up industrial projects in the southern deep sea port of Gwadar after the completion of infrastructure developments in the Balochistan...
ECO countries agree to double trade volume
The Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) on Wednesday expressed its ‘political will’ and adopted the Islamabad Declaration which called for doubling the existing trade volume,...
Drone Warfare: Targeted Killings – a future model for Afghanistan?
Armed drones came of age, by chance, at the onset of the United State’s ‘war on terror’. Washington has used them ever since to provide close air support to troops on the...
Are Chinese Forces Conducting Patrols in Afghanistan?
Earlier this month, Franz J. Marty, over at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, wrote that “overwhelming evidence,” including “photographs, an eyewitness account and several...
Russia and Pakistan's Reluctant Romance
State-to-state relationships are not grounded in emotions. These are based on shared interests. No one is a friend or a foe forever; the convergence or divergences of mutual...
Russia and Pakistan’s Reluctant Romance
State-to-state relationships are not grounded in emotions. These are based on shared interests. No one is a friend or a foe forever; the convergence or divergences of mutual...
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