Pakistani Blogs

President Hamid Karzai is back singing his old tune again. Whether this an indication of a reassessment of his options or it describes the window dressing for a section of his foreign audience–remains to be seen. this much is certain–Mr. Karzai has now painted himself into a corner, and speaking from both sides of his mouth will paint a huge target on him. Mr. Karzai’s policy of playing one ...

By now it should be obvious even to the naïve that the US is bogged down in the quagmire of Afghanistan despite the brave statements made by its leaders from time to time about its firm resolve to finish the job that it had undertaken after 9/11. In fact, the US is now desperately looking for a face saving way to extricate itself from Afghanistan. The US invasion of Afghanistan was meant not ...

”…But other countries that have done even worse than Americans have escaped notice. Countries like Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan, supported by the United States, are committing acts that cannot be justified by any law, Islamic or otherwise. Look at Pakistan, our neighbour. How does it treat Afghans?

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Many wonder why the US is helping Pakistan in the current crisis. Some skeptics wonder if it has anything to do with the war in Afghanistan. News reports are now filtering in that the war in Afghanistan is on hold. NATO, ISAF and US forces cannot fight without food, water, and ammunition reaching them.

After having lost out in the diplomatic gamble in Afghanistan, Delhi is weighing the options available to it. D Suba Chandran describes the frustration in Delhi and propounds “Boots on the Ground” and the resurrection of the leaderless and fractured “Northern Alliance”. The only problem is that there is no Northern Alliance without Ahmed Shah Mehsud, and going it alone for Bharat will be a ...

Pakistan has repeatedly denied all accusations about its official government relationship, or that of its leaders within the country, with the Taliban and extremist movements, which are becoming more widespread in different parts of the country, and is extending into Afghanistan. However, a lot of evidence points to a continued relationship that has been uninterrupted since the days of Taliban ...

While Delhi is losing its battle with Pakistan in Afghanistan–it is focusing its attention in Bangladesh. First it engineered a judicial coup which allowed the Awami League to win. 14 million BNP supporter voters were disenfranchised. Then the Jamaat e Islami was banned by Hasina Wajed. Now the Awami League has given transit trade facilities to Bharat–a move that has been resisted by ...

Death toll in the Karachi city has reached up to 95 and it’s still continues.

Ignore Kashmir, as the United States does, and the conflict seems incomprehensible. Include Kashmir in the picture, and it all makes sense. This confrontation ravages Afghanistan, where the Northern Alliance, which was organized to fight the Taliban, is backed by money and weapons from India. The United States still sets much of the global agenda.