- 28 April, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecurityAfghan Taliban
Turmoil in Afghanistan and India’s Calibrated Steps
As the dust settles on the erstwhile Kingdom of Gandhara, the attention shifts from the ongoing evacuation and the so-called American blunder, to ‘what next?’. Distant nations in the European…
The Afghanistan Kaleidoscope
As Afghanistan becomes more complex one is tempted to recall events in memory which caused similar confusion. None qualifies more than 9/11 when the world was really stumped; terror, lawlessness…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Fire in Afghanistan Can Travel to Pakistan Too!
Qamar Cheema Afghanistan’s socio-cultural fabric has been long broken because of constant wars and a ‘revolving door’ political system. The fall of Ashraf Ghani’s government and the failure of Afghanistan's…
Wait And Watch in Afghanistan
Wait And Watch in Afghanistan Dr Seshadri Chari History seems to be obsessed with the bad habit of repeating itself. For more than four or five centuries Afghanistan has been…
US Withdrawal From Afghanistan -Concerns for Middle East Countries
US Withdrawal From Afghanistan -Concerns for Middle East Countries ANI & Chanakya Forum Nicosia [Cyprus], August 23 (ANI): The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, followed in a matter of…
Biden says US mulling to extend Afghanistan evacuation mission
Washington DC [US], August 23 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Sunday said he is in discussions with his military officials regarding the extension of the evacuation mission in Afghanistan,…
Afghan envoy Mamundzay appreciates words of sympathy, support messages from India
New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): Afghanistan Ambassador to India, Farid Mamundzay on Sunday appreciated the kind words of sympathy and support messages from all Indian friends and the diplomatic…
Panjshir-Valley of Hope
Panjshir-Valley of Hope Dr Waiel S H Awwad It was in September 2001 in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan where foreign journalists had gathered for almost a month during the…
Cricketer Rashid Khan prays for ‘peaceful, developed’ Afghanistan on Independence Day
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Amid turmoil and chaos after the Taliban takeover, Rashid Khan, the Afghan cricketer on Thursday wished his countrymen on the occasion of Afghanistan's Independence…
The Mess that is Afghanistan
The Mess that is Afghanistan Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd) I chose this title to keep the scope of this essay open ended because the current situation in Afghanistan…
Two Sides of the Same Coin?
During a security briefing to Pakistani lawmakers, top generals of the Pakistan Army startled everyone by describing the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban as “two sides of the same coin because…
