Worldwide Concerns Over Afghan Security | Reema Shaukat
Afghanistan security dynamics are not easy to be addressed in a day. After 9/11 security challenges in Afghanistan are not …
Read MorePakistan & USA / Obama Urges Pak To Do More Against Terrorists
New Delhi—US President Barack Obama has urged Pakistan to show it is “serious” about crushing extremist networks operating on its …
Read MoreRegional Issues: Pakistan in Perspective | Tariq Khalil
ATTACK in Paris was a horrible incident indeed, a tragedy not only for the French but also for the civilized …
Read MoreCharsadda Attack: Pakistan Still at War | Mahwash Ajaz
On a seemingly quiet winter morning, on a fairly slow news day, armed gunmen, fully equipped with suicide vests, slipped …
Read MorePakistan and the Saudi Coalition | Nasim Zehra
Pakistan’s foreign policy managers, including the prime minister, the advisor on foreign policy, the foreign secretary and indeed the spokesperson, …
Read MorePakistan & India / Top Civil-Military Brass for Extending all-out Help to Delhi
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday reaffirmed commitment to cooperation with India for probe into the Pathankot terror attack and …
Read MoreNuclear déjà vu | Amb (r) Zamir Akram
The US Congressional hearings last month, raising concerns about Pakistan’s nuclear programme along with threats of renewed sanctions, no doubt …
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 …
Read MorePakistan’s Middle East Problem | Fahd Humayun | Foreign Policy
For decades, Pakistan’s approach to the Middle East has been shaped by two competing heritages: religious and post-colonial. But the …
Read MoreIran, Hezbollah and Russia: the real coalition | Ayaz Amir
Daesh or the Islamic State is the most extreme form of Salafist Islam, so toxic that it makes the Taliban …
Read MoreThe New Warfare
The Third World War may already be in progress, and it is going to be like neither of its two …
Read MoreThe new ‘war on Terror’ | Zahid Hussain
The wave of atrocities over the last two weeks — from the downing of a Russian passenger aircraft to a …
Read MoreThe Zarb-e-Azb and After | Ikram Sehgal
The Army’s well-planned military operations to rid North Waziristan of militants has been a major success; there is a sharp …
Read MoreAbsolutely no IS Presence in Pakistan, says FO
Pakistan has ruled out the possibility the terrorist out-fit Islamic State (IS) being present in the country. In an interview …
Read MoreAfghanistan: Moving Forward | Khalid Aziz
Pakistan’s adviser to the prime minister on foreign affairs stated recently that the time was not yet ripe for restarting …
Read MoreUS in Afghanistan
A PLACARD denouncing the US is hardly a novelty in most parts. But when it is hoisted aloft at a …
Read MoreUS Special Forces in combat: Is it really nothing new for Iraq and Syria? By Peter Van Buren
The White House claims committing special forces to fight in Iraq and Syria is nothing new, merely an ‘intensification’ of …
Read MoreThe Not-So-Great Game in Syria And How to End It By Andrew J. Tabler
In the last few weeks, Russia has returned to the Middle East through a direct military intervention in Syria. In …
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