For the past 10 years or so, India has been fishing in the troubled waters of Afghanistan for a central role and to marginalize Pakistan in the final settlement of the Afghan...
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Surgical Strikes Post-Uri?
The writer heads the independent Centre for Research and Security Studies, Islamabad and is author of Pakistan: Pivot of Hizbut Tahrir’s Global Caliphate Within hours of...
Responding to a Dangerous Time
Following joint analysis has been penned by Pakistan's three former foreign secretaries Inam ul Haq, Riaz Hussain Khokhar, Riaz Mohammad Khan, and Mahmud Durrani, retired...
Flawed approach to Pakistan
THERE are several choices that Pakistan has made over the decades that have contributed to regional problems and there continue to be areas where official rhetoric and policies...
Misunderstanding Afghanistan
Pakistanis, no matter what their political inclination may be, rarely consider Afghanistan a sovereign set of people. There are the right-wingers for whom Afghanistan is a...
It takes Two to Tango
Before looking at the future of the current thaw, let us rewind to the tumultuous year of 1999. In February that year, Atal Behari Vajpayee became the first Indian prime minister...
Armed but Not Dangerous
The imminent retirement—as of now—of Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif continues to attract speculation. The rumour mill and alarmist analysts are still talking...
Sustaining Afghan-Pakistan ties
For some time now, Pak-Afghan relations are in reverse gear. The newly announced tripartite talks to be initiated shortly among Afghanistan, India and US have further...
We are losing Kashmir to Islam: Ten ways to Counter Radicalisation in India
Let's think over some points. One, Hindu Pandits were expelled from Kashmir but they, we, did not fight back or become suicide bombers. So, is cowardice built into the Indian...
Modi’s Provocations Raise Risks for India
After reluctant attempts to revitalize Indo-Pak relations, Narendra Modi, now in his third year as Indian prime minister, has lost patience and switched to the expected...
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