Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 06/19/2017 - 09:10
Paper No. 6269 Dated 19-June-2017
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Sensing that the violent paroxysms of the Pakistan Army-Taliban combine in 2017 in disrupting Afghanistan brook no conflict-resolution, the United States this week wisely decided to reinforce US Forces in Afghanistan by another 4,000 troops, possibly, politically signalling a ‘Statement of Intent’ that more troop surges could follow.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 05/29/2017 - 10:05
Paper No. 6263 Dated 29-May-2017
By Kazi Anwarul Masud
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 02/27/2017 - 05:45
Paper No. 6227 Dated 27-Feb-2017
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Ironically, Pakistan as a State-Sponsor of Terrorism for decades, exporting terrorist strikes against India and Afghanistan as instruments of State policy, finds itself inflicted by strikes by Pakistan’s home-grown indigenous terrorist groups in Pakistan’s Heartland with renewed viciousness.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 02/21/2017 - 05:21
Paper No. 6225 Dated 20-Feb-2017
By Bhaskar Roy
India and China will hold a new round of strategic dialogue in Beijing on February 22. The meeting will be co-chaired by Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui. The format was put in place when Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited India in August last year.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 02/14/2017 - 07:05
Paper No. 6222 Dated 14-Feb-2017
By Bhaskar Roy
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Wed, 02/08/2017 - 05:50
Paper No. 6220 Dated 08-Feb-2017
Guest Column by Alexander Murray
On 4 February, the UN Security Council (UNSC) agreed to remove Hezb-e-Islami-e-Gulbuddin (HIG) power-broker and former Afghan Prime Minister, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, from its international sanctions list. Having negotiated a truce with HIG and settled on the peaceful terms of Hekmatyar’s reintegration into Afghan civil society, the government of President Ashraf Ghani is sure to welcome the news.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 12/20/2016 - 10:59
Paper No. 6206 Dated 20-Dec-2016
By Bhaskar Roy
Depression can be treated. But self-inflicted deception which hurts neighbours can be controlled to an extent if the patient is locked up in a padded cell. This self-deception is like a jigsaw puzzle with a few pieces missing, frustrating everyone including even Pakistan itself.
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