The Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, on Tuesday said that the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) was an international agreement and India could not...
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The Afghan Refugee Crisis
Afghan refugees in Pakistan constitute the largest and most prolonged refugee population under UNHCR’s directive. Until June this year, Afghans could enter Pakistan...
Rebuilding Relations With Afghanistan
There is today far less attention by the US on Afghanistan as its focus has shifted primarily towards the civil war in Syria and Iraq. The growing threat of the IS in the...
Afghanistan Stands to Gain from CPEC Option
The United States has spent billions of dollars in Afghanistan to cushion the sinking ship of the landlocked country’s economy, but there are no visible signs of...
Shanghai Pact Anti-Terror Database Lists 2,500 Suicide Bombers,69 Groups
RATS SCO possesses data on 2,500 suicide bombers and 69 terrorist organizations, the first deputy director of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Tuesday. The...
Stern Bear, Rising Dragon: Russia & China Steadily Grow Defense Cooperation
The past month has seen a marked increase in cooperation between Russia and China on defense and national security issues. And while it's early to speak of a military alliance...
The American Withdrawal Woes
Afghanistan’s security situation to this day remains unstable despite the numerous efforts made by multiple stakeholders. The US is faced with a dilemma whether to fulfil...
Daesh, Haqqanis and Sanctuaries
Abandoning a project in which the United States and its partners have invested 15 years, billions upon billions of dollars, and thousands of lives with no acceptable outcome in...
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: Paper Tiger Or Sleeping Dragon?
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was once viewed as an Eastern counterbalance to NATO. In reality, the Eurasian political, economic and military alliance has no joint...
IS Retakes Control of Former Strongholds in Afghanistan
Officials and witnesses in Afghanistan say fighters linked to Islamic State have regained control of most of the militant group's former strongholds in the country, weeks...
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