Analysis & Opinion
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Balkhab War; the Path to a New Transformation
Given these tangible facts on the ground, it was wise and prudent for the Ta’liban to manage the Balkhab crisis with patience, and to think of other measures to contain it
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The Message of Political Figures’ Gathering in Turkey was Clear: either All or None!
Either all or none was the clearest message of the meeting in Turkey and its coalition’s output, and the Taliban certainly copied that correctly. But what is decisive is that where will be the future of the current regime is…
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Biden’s move to Seize Afghan Assets; when American Morals go Wild!
Being optimistic, Biden’s decision is, in fact, revenge against the Afghan people, and as a long-lasting grudge, Biden vents his anger from the Afghan debacle, on the piddling funds this nation has in the US banks
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How Serious is Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Dispute?
Pakistan appears to have had two major political goals with the fencing effort: to control cross-border movement of goods and people across what has long been a porous border, as well as to offer a demarcation fait accompli on a…
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Is the World Failing Afghan Migrants Challenge?
The real challenge ahead is how to avoid a mega-disaster resulting from a failing economy in Afghanistan that leaves no choice for Afghans other than to leave
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Afghanistan Does Not Need an Army
It is one thing to fund a guerilla campaign, and another to finance a conventional army. Afghanistan cannot afford to divert its scarce resources to the task of maintaining a large and mediocre army
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Kabul Takeover and Pakistan’s Foreign Policy
Unrest and a new cycle of instability in Afghanistan would certainly put Pakistan’s strategy—pitching itself as a geo-economic hub—in jeopardy
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Vying for Influence over Kabul
Within the OIC, there have been other fissures at play too, specifically among the Gulf states, that are now spilling over on the issue of Afghanistan and determining influence over the country’s new rule led by the Taliban
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Biden’s Afghanistan Disaster is Far from Over
The ghastly scene of Afghans clinging to an American plane as it was taxiing to take off was emblematic of the disaster created by Biden and his staff
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Will the World Recognise Taliban Rule?
OIC members were reluctant to legitimise Taliban rule because of the pressure from the US. Such was the pressure that even the Saudi Foreign Minister avoided a meeting with the Afghan acting foreign minister
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