Hamid Karzai’s allegation of US support to ISIS reinforces suspicions regarding the US presence in the region
Afghanistan will remain unstable until the US comes clean about its real intentions in the region
All Pakistan needs is to call time on its geopolitical outlook and shift to its geo-economics variant to be relevant in the world
The road to peace in Kabul originates in Washington and goes through Islamabad
The new American policy on Afghanistan will bring Pakistan even closer to China and Russia
Building Baloch stakes in the state appears to be the only surest path to the ethnicity’s sense of belonging to the federation
Why the US pressure on Pakistan to blunt the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network may not yield the desired outcome?
The integration of socio-economic and political interests of Pashtuns at the state and society levels seems to be the only possible guarantee...
A Pashtun-dominated Islamist government and an acquiescent India are Islamabad’s two vital objectives in Afghanistan
A proxy battlefield for geopolitical rivalries waged by a range of contending states with competing interests, Afghanistan needs new policies
