Articles with tag: Afghan
Crowning of a Crony President
saeed qureshi Nov 22, 2009 interacts: 1Despite his umpteen follies, and in the face of a bogus election façade, Hamid Karzai has again assumed the presidency in Kabul.
Pakistan Is Plagued By An Environment Of Distrust
Jasbir Sarai Nov 9, 2009 interacts: 3US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton's ‘Charm offensive’ in Pakistan seems to have been a bit of a dampener.
Mr. President, Stop the War!
Akber Choudhry Oct 5, 2009 interacts: 177The destruction of the Twin Towers was a fluke mass murder by a bunch of terrorists led by an evil genius who is now in your custody, and who, like Zarqawi, used to communicate with Osama bin Laden now and then. That's about it, get over it, it's been e
Afghan Widows
Mazhar Butt Oct 5, 2009 interacts: 15Amazed not be at the sex they sell
for their survival,
for more or less, where isn't it sold,
can anyone tell?
Evolution of a War
Nadeem Tarar Sep 22, 2009 interacts: 249The Untold Story of Jihad in Kashmir is a myth-busting and brutal exposé of Pakistan's secret war against India.
What Will Happen if the USA Withdraws From Afghanistan
Agha Amin Sep 11, 2009 interacts: 173Any US withdrawal from Afghanistan would create another delusion. A false conclusion that Islam has won and USA lost. It would boost morale in the Islamists and would lead to far greater chaos.
Who Was the Afghan Elections For?
Chad Haines Sep 4, 2009 interacts: 6It was not to elect a president of Afghanistan, but to put in a place a ruler for the United States to rule through.
Nabil and Fatima
Shakuntala Rao Jun 25, 2009 interacts: 17Approximately 9,000 Afghan refugees continue to live in Delhi today. After years of lobbying by various NGOs, Indian government is now allowing some of these families to become naturalized citizens.
Waziristan Operation is a Faux Pas
Agha Amin Jun 16, 2009 interacts: 170Nothing in history is inevitable. If Pakistan is to be preserved the Punjabis and Pashtuns have to be friends. Its time that mistakes of the criminally opportunistic Musharraf are not repeated.
Politics As Usual
Rashid Malik May 10, 2009 interacts: 4As hundreds of thousands flee the war-ravaged areas in Pakistan, a status-quo in US-Pakistan relations has been regained. US officials express no immediate danger of a collapse of the state.
Obama's Af-Pak Strategy
Abia Zaidi May 7, 2009 interacts: 543It should be clear by now that Hamid Karzai and Asif Ali Zardari who met with Obama yesterday in Washington have no concern for creating welfare in their respective countries.
USA's New Afghan Strategy
Agha Amin Mar 29, 2009 interacts: 227While tailor made and apparently or at least outwardly speaking neat and logical, President Obama’s policy speech on Afghanistan is vulnerable to many serious criticisms.
Common Pakistanis US Foreign Policy
Nasim Hassan Mar 26, 2009 interacts: 286Common Pakistanis believe that America plans to destabilize or divide Pakistan with the help of India.
Pakistan's Long March to Democracy or Chaos
Wajahat Ali Mar 15, 2009 interacts: 262Supporting Pakistan’s recurring cast of rogues, both Pakistanis and the U.S. now risk playing a deadly game of Russian Roulette with drastic rise in extremism igniting the AF/PAK region.
Taliban Cloud Moves to Pakistan
Beena Sarwar Feb 17, 2009 interacts: 480Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik recently took many by surprise with his belated public acknowledgement that the Mumbai attacks of Nov. 2008
Solving the Afghan Puzzle
Rakesh Mani Feb 12, 2009 interacts: 12President Obama’s surge in Afghanistan might bring a reduction in civilian casualties and collateral damage from air strikes, but there are several important factors that threaten this strategy.
The Nightmare Must End
Beena Sarwar Feb 10, 2009 interacts: 386Today, Pakistan bears the brunt of the Taliban fallout, thanks to short-sighted Pakistanis and Americans who thought routing the Taliban militarily in Afghanistan would ‘root out the evil’.
Obama's Surge in Afghanistan: An Indian's view of Opium trade
captainjohann Samuhanand Feb 4, 2009 interacts: 21Why such importance to this tiny country. The Jihadies have already gone into the caves of Wazirstan. Then Why? Is it the poppy and heroin trade?
Afghanistan Strategic Choices for USA and Regional Actors
Agha Amin Jan 21, 2009 interacts: 86The distinction between Islamist and non Islamists is being fast transformed into US versus Anti US Forces.
A Guantanamo Diary
Beej K Singh Jan 2, 2009 interacts: 20The question that comes through strongest in reading M.R. Khan’s book “My Guantanamo Diary� is – how can a system supposedly full of safeguards go so wrong so quickly for so long?!
Introspection – Pakistan and Terrorism
Khalid Bhatti Dec 18, 2008 interacts: 61Isn’t dispensing power to non state actors a crime against the state itself, and those who committed it should be brought before the court on the charges of high treason.
Seeking a way out of the 'war on terror'
Beena Sarwar Oct 18, 2008 interacts: 17The calls by decision makers for political engagement rather than military means to end the ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan reflects a major change in US policy.
Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak: A Man for All Seasons
Zeejah Oct 11, 2008 interacts: 79His greatest disappointment he says is that he was withdrawn as Ambassador before he could bring about the confederation between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Three Cups of Tea & Pennies for Peace
Ras Siddiqui Oct 9, 2008 interacts: 26In 2000 only about 800,000 children went to school in Afghanistan. Today said Mortenson, 6.4 million kids are in school in that country out of which 2 million are girls.
A Weak Pakistan is a Threat to Neighbours
Beena Sarwar Oct 1, 2008 interacts: 38Thanks to past policies, Pakistanis are caught between a rock and a hard place - American military attacks on the border and suicide bombings and sectarian violence around the country...
Aafia Siddiqui to Appear in Court
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Aug 5, 2008 interacts: 231Disappeared in Pakistan, hysterical screams heard in Afghanistan, and now appearing in a New York court
Mahboba Andyar: A Poem
Mutaal Mooquin Jul 12, 2008 interacts: 58Andyar, an Olympic aspirant is gone missing;
Sole Afghan woman sprinter slated for Beijing.
Andyar, A rising spirit, a brave soul,
Pride of a nation, an archetypal role.
America's Opportunity in Pakistan's Tribal Belt
ziad haider Jul 28, 2008 interacts: 98a key question on Islamabad ’s mind is the fate of stalled legislation creating reconstruction opportunity zones (ROZs) to spur development and combat militancy in FATA.
Fields Of Joy
Umer Murtaza Jul 16, 2008 interacts: 7Two lost Kandaharis, Opiumzai and Hashishuddin, were wandering aimlessly when they chanced upon something very special...
A Fatal Act-Bad News for India Pakistan Relations
Agha Amin Jul 9, 2008 interacts: 112The assassination of Indian Defence Attache in Kabul on 7th July 2008 is a watershed in the ongoing undeclared low intensity war in Afghanistan.
Anti-Americanism in Pakistan and the Taliban Menace
Pervez Hoodbhoy Jul 1, 2008 interacts: 102The Taliban are waging an armed struggle to remake society. They will keep fighting this war even if America were to miraculously evaporate into space.
Attack in Mohmand
Agha Amin Jun 10, 2008 interacts: 209The recent attack on Frontier Corps (FC) post in Mohmand Agency is the first major US step in arm twisting the hopeless new Pakistani democratic set up.
30 Days in Afghanistan - Dinner Conversations
Naeem Randhawa Apr 28, 2008 interacts: 101I'm in Kabul, Afghanistan. Actually, I'm in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - and across and beside me, people are beginning to get drunk. Muslims are getting drunk.
Spinning the Public Beating and the Mob Justice
Sindhyar Talpur Apr 8, 2008 interacts: 1You really need to be a bad administrator or power usurper that people are so full of hatred for you that they can’t help but beat you.
New US Strategy Needed in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Agha Amin Mar 10, 2008 interacts: 711The main thrust of USA's policy was to construct roads and schools and clinics. These were important but no substantial stakeholders or major employment opportunities were created...
Afghanistan - A Strategic Analysis
Agha Amin Jan 23, 2008 interacts: 538Afghanistan remains haunted and plagued by its violent history and its neighbours continue to enjoy the fruits of war and crisis in Afghanistan.
Charlie Wilson's War Stretches the Imagination
Ras Siddiqui Jan 13, 2008 interacts: 44How does a US Congressman learn about helping the Afghan resistance to the Soviet Empire in 1980? By listening to Dan Rather on TV while soaking in a Jacuzzi full of young women.
Movie Review: The Kite Runner
Ras Siddiqui Jan 2, 2008 interacts: 28Khalid Hosseini, like many Afghan’s is a poet at heart. Here with the assistance of screenwriter David Benioff, the essence of The Kite Runner remains intact
The Real Issue Facing Pakistan
H P Dec 23, 2007 interacts: 212A cursory look at the main characters in the tribal insurgency would show their strong links with the army in the past.
Comments on Ongoing Debate about ISI in the Afghan War
Agha Amin Dec 7, 2007 interacts: 69The Afghan War started a grand party for Pakistan's ruling elite and even Pakistan. Afghan refugees were cleverly and criminally used to solicit US and Saudi aid. All glorified as Jihad.
The Durrani Family Saga
Muhammad Tariq Oct 19, 2007 interacts: 1The poor in Pakistan must be given an alternate to the clergy to take them out from the spiral of ignobility in which they are caught.
Afghanistan: The Continuing Challenge?
Moeed Pirzada Aug 29, 2007 interacts: 12Gen. Musharaf and Ms. Bhutto, both equally willing and falling over each other to oblige Washington in the pursuit of its war against terrorism.
30 Days in Afghanistan - Climbing Qassaba
Naeem Randhawa Jun 26, 2007 interacts: 1On the way up, we pass kids herding goats along narrow passes. I’m in unfamiliar territory, and enjoying the mind body journey, they are at home, easily walking and climbing ahead of me.
30 Days in Afghanistan - Arrival
Naeem Randhawa Jun 24, 2007 interacts: 7I open my window blinds, and look up at the blue sky, it’s the same sky I’d stare at in Dallas, except for the barbed wire on my horizon, and the Afghani guards 30 feet from me.
Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations: The Choice Between Alliance and Acrimony
Javaid Zeerak Dec 27, 2006 interacts: 230To turn around the setbacks of spring and summer of 2006 for both Afghanistan and Pakistan, and by extension for the US interests in the region, the roots of mutual suspicion need to be addressed and a new chapter in Afghanistan-Pakistan relationships ope
Musharraf Stirring the Pot in the Tribal Area—Why?
Karamatullah K Ghori Nov 16, 2006 interacts: 61It's hard not to conclude that he’s succumbing to the immense pressure that has been mounted on him from Washington and, closer to home, from Kabul
Pakistan's Afghan Policy
Aparna Pande Oct 24, 2006 interacts: 492Afghanistan was created as a buffer state between the British and Russian empires. The international boundary line between Afghanistan and the British empire, inherited in 1947 by Pakistan, is the Durand line. This line divided ethnic Pashtun tribes into
What Osama gave Muslims
M A Shah Sep 11, 2006 interacts: 44Osama wanted to create an All Arab group of his own. And today, he has Al Qaida. A destructive group causing disruption in world peace in the name of Allah.
False Hopes - A war with no end?
Fiza Asar Aug 3, 2006 interacts: 8It is probably wise for foreign governments to stop meddling in Afghanistan. But if they do, it would be best to foster economic growth and nation building. Broken promises and false hopes will only increase resentment and bitterness and lead to more dome
Afghan Parliamentary Elections
Aarya Nijat Sep 22, 2005 interacts: 5The new parliament will not be some thing more than a caricature of democracy.It is going to be mostly populated by the warlords; however it still is a Step Forward!
I survived. However…
Aarya Nijat Sep 10, 2005 interacts: 152We shared a history, we do share our present. We will be sharing a future. What sort of a future, this is for “US” to decide.
Pakistan-Afghan Relations in Murky Waters
S F Hasnat Aug 3, 2005 interacts: 30Because of intense past interference in the Afghan factional conflict, Pakistan has conceded most of its neutral ground and is branded as an active partner in the existing militancy.
The Book is also Just a Book
Farzana Versey May 23, 2005 interacts: 349Forget about killing myself. I felt no anger, no hurt, no disgust when I read the Newsweek report regarding the ’desecration’ of the ’holy Quran’. The Quran is at various levels merely a symbol, and an individual one at that.
Mr. Ahmed
Dhruva Bandopadhyay Apr 21, 2005 interacts: 178With his grave manner and impeccable dress, one could imagine him to be, oh, a partner in a law firm, or maybe a funeral director. But he was a salesman, and a good salesman at that...
At the Inauguration of Hard Rock Café: Kabul
Nadeem F Paracha Mar 14, 2005 interacts: 38Welcome gentlemen & gentlemen and a few cows and goats of the terrible Taliban era, who after five horrible years of torture and repression have now been turned into what they were before they were turned into tortured cows & goats and that is, WO
Afghanistan: Power Plays
abdul naeem Oct 5, 2004 interacts: 5In the culmination of a hectic week, Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped an apparent assassination attempt while on an official visit south of Kabul. With Afghanistan’s presidential election less than a month away, the situation is looking more ch
To Die For.....the War at Wana
farheen zehra Mar 21, 2004 interacts: 159Images flashed on the television screen; a burning truck, scattered FC troops behind mud barricades and coffins wrapped in the national flag. This was the footage of the war taking place in Wana - where our soldiers are engaged in a bloody combat with the
Shehnai Wails
Temporal Mar 19, 2004 interacts: 13like in-laws they fight
over the usual suspects
how the times have changed
wails the shehnai
The Spring Initiative
Ali Hasan Cemendtaur Mar 11, 2004 interacts: 33A clandestine military operation to raid various areas of Pakistan’s lawless Waziristan Agency, bordering Afghanistan. It is an attempt to snare Osama Bin Laden who is said to be now communicating via hand-written notes from his hideout.
Prisoner of Landi Kotal*
Temporal Nov 11, 2003 interacts: 16The living are doomed to be incarcerated in prisons of their own making. Only the fool or the foolhardy break out of it.
Osama Biradari
ciret fatima Oct 2, 2003 interacts: 8He was hardly 6 or 7 and knew international politics from alpha to omega. US backed and non-US (Osama biradari, as he called it) are the two groups our world is divided into!
A Strange Tango
Asif Memon Aug 8, 2003 interacts: 24It’s easy for Pakistanis to blame everything on the United States (the west in general). The truth is that’s why they do it. Surely our economic and social woes have more to do with our own inability to right our ship, no matter how evil the A
