United States and Afghanistan; need for reconciliation
It has been reported by the Dawn newspaper that Afghan President Hamid Karzai accused his U.S. ally of withholding military supplies to press him to sign a bilateral security deal that will shape the...
View ArticleUnited States, Pakistan and Afghanistan; a new partnership
According to the Dawn News the U.S. President Barack Obama is setting up a new office in the State Department to oversee America’s relations with Afghanistan and Pakistan during the current...
View ArticleUnited States and Pakistan; resumption of the strategic dialogue
The resumption of the strategic dialogue between the United States and Pakistan after three years is being considered an important step towards development of a new understanding on the key issues.A...
View ArticlePakistan and Taliban; search for a peaceful solution
The government of Pakistan has initiated talks with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. A team representing the government and the Taliban has met in Islamabad.Following the meeting which lasted almost...
View ArticlePakistan and Taliban; walking a tight rope
Pakistan is embarking on a new course in its strategy for negotiating peace with Taliban; the same militants who are involved in killing of 80,000 people, including several law enforcement personnel....
View ArticleFragility of peace with the terrorists
Following is an account of the massacre that was carried out in the judicial complex of Islamabad on March 5, 2014 by Taliban. The federal government had announced a ceasefire in its military...
View ArticleFormer President's indictment; Pakistan's call for introspection
The special court constituted to try former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for high treason indicted him on Monday and put the ball in the government's court in relation to the request put forward by...
View ArticleTerrorism; the scourge and its aftermath
More than 1,025 civilians and 475 security forces personnel were killed in terrorist attacks in Pakistan last year, says a U.S. report released on Wednesday.In its country reports on terrorism, the...
View ArticleNew Indian leadership should promote peace and security in South Asia
The election of Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi as India's future Prime Minister has sent mixed signals in the immediate neighborhood. Countries like Pakistan, China, Nepal and Afghanistan will be...
View ArticlePakistan and India; renewal of a friendship
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday accepted India's invitation to attend the oath-taking ceremony of the neighboring country's Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi, a spokesman for the...
View ArticlePakistan and terrorism; new dimensions
According to Dawn News, Uzbek militants fighting with the Pakistani Taliban say they carried out Sunday's deadly assault on Karachi's international airport.The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan posted...
View ArticlePresidential Election in Afghanistan
Former World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai won Afghanistan's presidential election, according to preliminary results Monday, but fraud allegations are set to spark a dispute over the outcome...
View ArticlePakistan and Afghanistan: need for joint action against terrorism
A five-member defense delegation from Pakistan has urged the United States to devise a mechanism for continuing to support the military operation against Taliban militants in North Waziristan and...
View ArticlePakistan-India relations; present and the future
India has cancelled talks with Pakistan after accusing it of interfering in India's internal affairs.It comes after Pakistan's high commissioner in Delhi consulted Kashmiri separatist leaders ahead of...
View ArticlePakistan-India relations; call for restraint
Nine civilians were killed and at least twenty five wounded on Monday in fighting along a stretch of the disputed border between India and Pakistan in the Kashmir region. Pakistan Army's Inter...
View ArticlePakistan and Afghanistan; mending the fences
Pakistan and Afghanistan have pledged to renew their friendship and cooperation on the occasion of the visit of the new Afghan President to Pakistan. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani set the tone of his...
View ArticleUnited States declares militant chief as “global terrorist”
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday designated Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Mullah Fazlullah as a ‘global terrorist’.According to a State Department press release, Fazlullah has been...
View ArticlePakistan-Afghanistan relations; new dimensions
Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif says terrorism is the common enemy of Pakistan and Afghanistan, requiring common endeavors to get it defeated. “Pakistan is determined to eliminate...
View ArticlePakistan and Afghanistan; strengthening ties
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has visited Aghanistan on the invitation of the Afghan President. Expressing an unprecedented solidarity with Afghanistan, Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif...
View ArticleAfghanistan; talks with the insurgents
The first round of talks brokered by Pakistan between representatives of the Afghan government and Tehreek-i-Taliban Afghanistan (TTA) concluded Wednesday in Murree, with both parties agreeing to meet...
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