Odds remain against India in Afghanistan
September 20 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Village elders meeting in Marja, in March 2010. Photo: The New York Times
Despite India’s hurried participation in the rec...
How a Pak-China front is adding to India’s Kashmir woes
September 12 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
The fact that the UNSC does not recognize India’s claims is evident from the way it continues to maintain its direct presence...
Pak-US ties remain under the shadow of ‘terrorism’
September 6 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Pakistan and the US continue to cooperate in Afghanistan to bring about a political settlement and end the US’ longest war. But...
China-US ‘de-coupling’ will shake Asia too
August 29 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
While this remains to be seen whether the US would actually ‘de-couple’ from China or not, a decision involving ‘de...
Kabul should work for an all-inclusive political structure...
August 25 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
President Trump at Bagram Air Base in Kabul in November 2019
When Afghanistan’s ‘Loya Jirga’ arrived at a cons...
Indifference of other countries blocks US bid to create an...
August 11 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
US-China ‘tensions’ are undoubtedly at the centre of tectonic changes taking place at the global level. Whereas the US is...
Pakistan’s ‘brotherly ties’ with Saudi Arabia are under ge...
August 7 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in Mecca in June 2019
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A year after Kashmir’s annexation, India is far from stron...
August 5 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Even a year after the Modi sarkar’s decision to scrap Kashmir’s Special Status and thereby annex it, the regional balance o...
Strong case for regionalizing Pakistan’s foreign policy
July 26 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
With the US-China rivalry turning fast into a ‘New Cold War’ and the US openly calling for an anti-China coalition, there i...
Tied to US’ apron strings, India has had to give way to Ch...
July 22 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
A deep strategic partnership with Iran appears to work for Beijing at both the regional and the global strategic landscapes. The fact t...
Iran has no interest in keeping the US tied down in Afghan...
July 14 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
The seemingly unending US-Iran tussle has spread to a number of areas---Syria, Iraq and Venezuela. In these places, their interests div...
Afghanistan: The Taliban have reasons to rejoice
July 8 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Recent ‘disclosures’ by the New York Times about alleged Russian involvement in the killing of US troops in Afghanistan hav...
Modi’s tentative bid to “reset” China policy
July 2 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Although the Narendra Modi government’s China policy is linked to the US’ Asia-Pacific strategy, which defines China as an...
Sino-Indian clash stems from India’s becoming a US pawn in...
June 23 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Indian soldiers
At first glance, the India-China clash in Ladakh appears to be a typical border dispute leading to violence. But...
Why Pakistan does not want a total Taliban victory?
June 17 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Pakistan's Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa holds a one-on-one meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul on June 9, 202...
Deployment of maritime surveillance aircraft P8Is in the H...
June 13 ,2020
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By: Subir Bhaumik
P-8I maritime aircraft of Indian Navy
India is planning to use the maritime surveillance aircraft P-8I in the Himalayas and th...
India loses ground as Pakistan’s Gen. Bajwa visits Kabul
June 11 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Chairman Afghan High Council Dr. Abdullah Abdullah receives Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa when the latter visited the...
Trump’s mock battle with China is meant to help win the co...
June 4 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Whereas the world continues to grapple with COVID-19 and its devastating impact on economic and social life, US President Donald Trump...
Afghan government’s tough stance puts the US-Taliban deal...
April 15 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
The US-Taliban ‘peace negotiations’ were long and hard, but the ‘intra-Afghan’ peace process that started after...
War on COVID-19 will shift balance of power from US to Chi...
April 7 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Historically, wars fought between empires or coalitions of countries, as in the First World War and Second World War, have changed the...
With US support, the Taliban are en route to political leg...
April 3 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
The fact that the US continues to struggle to find a way out of Afghanistan through a negotiated political settlement among the various...
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