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How Afghanistan Was Really Lost
The West’s failure in Afghanistan may well have resulted from not spending enough money in the right places. A different balance between US military expenditure and…
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The Truth About Radicalisation in India
Why is it so difficult to talk about those who are really poisoning minds? The claim by the Indian agencies of having busted ISI terror modules…
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Afghanistan Nightmare: A Humanitarian Crisis That Threatens to Dwarf All Others
Following the U.S. withdrawal, desperation amid food and medicine shortages It was the love of her parents that brought Ruqia all the way from northern Afghanistan…
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What Did Billions in Aid to Afghanistan Accomplish?
Expect a centralized, exclusive aid management system under the Taliban to replicate the same flaws, challenges 1. What did foreign economic aid accomplish in Afghanistan? Some…
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Kashmir Dispute
“A QUESTION like this cannot be solved unilaterally,” Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru categorically declared in the Lok Sabha on Feb 25, 1955. His sharp retort was…
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The Long Impasse
WHILE Pakistan has been preoccupied with developments in Afghanistan it has not taken its eye off its eastern neighbour with whom relations remain tense and troubled.…
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Why is India So Prickly As It Faces Global Gaze?
In the latest UN Human Development Index, India is placed 131 out of 189 countries Is the world conspiring to make India look bad? Or are…
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Pakistan Needs a Homegrown Counterterrorism Policy
The “War on Terror” is an American idea that only made matters worse. There are many lessons to be gleaned from the U.S. failure in Afghanistan.…
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The Last Fortress
FOR the third time, the cabinet has approved a draft of social media rules titled the ‘Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Content Rules 2021’ to govern…
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How to Positively Transform Pakistan’s Political Culture?
Pakistan’s political culture still reflects feudal, tribal, and ultra-conservative characteristics To transform Pakistan’s political culture; integrity, wisdom, perseverance and vision are some of the characteristics that…
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It’s Up to Imran Khan Govt to Show Us Forced Conversion is A Crime in Pakistan
When he wasn't PM, Imran Khan used to raise the issue of abduction and forced conversion of Hindu and Christian girls in Pakistan. Now, he appeases…
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India’s Taliban Problem
The Taliban’s victory over the United States in Afghanistan will not only greatly embolden their fellow jihadists, but also shake up the region’s geopolitics. In particular,…