Intricate dynamics of drone war strategy II

Dr. Ahsan ur Rahman Khan The grasp of the realities of the US drone war strategy, thus attained, signifies the need for the answer to two key questions. First question relates to the change in US culture, whereby majority of US public is supporting the US acts of brutalities, like this drone war strategy; and the second relates to the objective: (1) how is it that the societal texture of US, once renowned t ...

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Afghanistan: Beyond Tokyo conference

Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal During the Obama years, at least two persons out of his Afghanistan team accurately and correctly perceived the nature, gravity and complexity of the Afghanistan conflict and were eager to find a respectable way to get America out of the fiasco. These were Richard Holbrooke and General Stanley McCrystal. Former could not take the stress and died while urging an end to the conf ...

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A week in Kashmir

A.G Noorani A WEEK’S visit to Kashmir revealed the same deep sense of alienation among the people, the same system of repression, a continuing political vacuum, and a culture of impunity and denial of accountability, all capped by a feckless Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who never ceases to demonstrate his utter unfitness for the office. Maturity was demonstrated after a fire razed to the ground on June 25 a ...

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A Sovereign Kashmir: Random Thoughts

DR. ABDUL RUFF An arrogant colonizer India continues to occupy neighbourng Jammu & Kashmir , killing innocent people living there for ages. Since 1947 when through an act of aggression India attacked and occupied Jammu Kashmir, thousands of Muslims have fallen martyrs. Yet the notorious UNSC does not find it urgent to force Indian state terrorists out of Jammu Kashmir. Indian crimes go on unabatedly. Ma ...

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America’s objectives in Afghanistan post 2014

Asif Haroon Raja No sooner Barack Obama sat in the seat of president he started to growl at Pakistan. He stated that US forces would carry out unilateral action inside FATA whenever actionable intelligence was available. Propaganda war was stepped up to malign Pakistan’s institutions and drone war accelerated to fuel terrorism. Besides the US media and think tanks, every second US official used foul languag ...

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Afghan Endgame – The Dilemma

By Imran Malik In a blatant display of overwhelming power and clout, the US forced Pakistan’s hand in the nerve wrecking and vital battle of wits for the Nato supply routes and by implication the future of its Afghan campaign. The US pressure tactics included a double pincer movement of sorts, comprising a strategic and an economic prong targeting Pakistan’s obvious vulnerabilities. The [caption id="attachm ...

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Opening of supply lines will intensify terrorism in Pakistan

Asif Haroon Raja  The might of US military-NATO got bogged down in the swamp of Afghanistan, rather than making corrections at its end, Pentagon and CIA made Pakistan a scapegoat and blamed it for all their faults. Finding no explanation to offer for their dismal performance despite enjoying all the strategic and technical advantages, the US after playing up extremist threat to the integrity of Pakistan and ...

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NATO supply opening; think logically

Amina Mazhar On the 4th of July, 2012, the cabinet endorsed the decision of the DCC to reopen the NATO supplies that were closed for the last seven months when the US apologized for the Salala check post attack, which resulted in the martyrdom of our troops. This decision can have far reaching consequences on the fate of Pakistan; negative and positive. The Parliament had initially launched a whole list of ...

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