A Special Relationship: The US Is Teaming up With Al Qaeda, Again
One morning early in 1988, Ed McWilliams, a foreign-service officer posted to the American Embassy in Kabul, heard the thump …
Read MorePakistan Involvement in Afghan Peace Talks | Ali Ashraf Khan
THE war in Afghanistan that was started by the US bomb attacks on our neighbouring country in November 2001, under …
Read MoreSaudi Strategy In Syria: Rewriting Mideast’s Political Map? – Analysis | James M. Dorsey
Saudi Arabia’s recent announcement that it would send a ground force to confront the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria …
Read MoreQuadrilateral Peace Talks on Afghanistan | Akbar Jan Marwat
The matter of peace talks between the Afghan government and representatives of the Afghan Taliban is so essential that efforts …
Read MoreLiving Under the Shadow of Terrorism
Both civilian and military agencies agree that despite a significant decline in terrorist attacks the threat of terrorism still looms …
Read MoreRising Terrorism in the World | Shaheera Syed
Carlotta Gall in her recent article in The New York Times, ‘Pakistan’s Hand in the Rise of International Jihad’ wrote …
Read MoreTaliban and the Quartet | Talat Masood
The success of the quartet’s — Afghanistan, Pakistan, the US and China — efforts in the reconciliation process will largely …
Read MoreHow ISIS Surge in Libya Raises Stakes | Ali Imran
The raging ISIS storm in Libya — torn along tribal lines and beset with political chaos — has heightened the …
Read MoreAfghan Peace Process | Iftikhar Ahmad
The representatives of Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and the United States-the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) members, adopted a roadmap stipulating the …
Read MoreWho is Responsible for Safety of our Educational Institutions? | Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani
THE good thing is that terrorists have shaken us out of our reverie. The bad thing is that, temporarily awakened, …
Read MoreThe Biggest Short: The War On Terror – Analysis | Luis Durani
September 11th changed the trajectory of history. The attacks began what appears to be war campaign with no end in …
Read MoreDismantling Nukes is Good, But How To Safely Bury Them? | Elisabeth Braw
Who knows what one might find in London in 10,000 years’ time? Or New York or Berlin? The town of …
Read MoreThe Biggest Short: The War On Terror – Analysis | Luis Durani
September 11th changed the trajectory of history. The attacks began what appears to be war campaign with no end in …
Read MoreDismantling Nukes is Good, But How To Safely Bury Them? | Elisabeth Braw
Who knows what one might find in London in 10,000 years’ time? Or New York or Berlin? The town of …
Read MoreFor India To Be Off To The Levant Would Be Premature – Analysis | Ali Ahmed
India’s Former National Security Adviser and foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon in a lecture in New Delhi argued that, “sooner rather …
Read MoreNeed to Revisit Counter-Terrorism Strategy | Iqbal Khan
OUR security dynamics has undergone an interesting reversal. Not a long ago the criminals’ faces were wrapped in cloth and …
Read MoreLatest Articles With Syrian Withdrawal Russia Seeks To Reassert Its Place In Global Affairs – Analysis | Nandan Unnikrishnan
OUR security dynamics has undergone an interesting reversal. Not a long ago the criminals’ faces were wrapped in cloth and …
Read MoreHow The Islamic State Has Legitimized The Taliban – Analysis | Luis Durani
Reports have surfaced indicating that long time regional adversaries Russia and the Taliban are exchanging intelligence on the presence of …
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