author_steve_coll_on_americas_forever_war_in_afghanistan_-_bloomberg.pdf |
the_tragedy_of_indias_partition_70_years_later_-_bloomberg.pdf |
RAHIM NASAR
For the last six decades, Pakistan's Pashtuns have been oppressed by the establishment. Marking opponents with the black stamp of treason has been the establishment's most effective tool for silencing the ethnic group's leaders when they dare to criticize state policy-makers. The promotion of Pashtun cultural stereotypes – the portrayal of the Pashtuns as a violent and extremist ethnic group – has led to them being internally exiled as the war against militancy is waged...
There are good reasons for the army’s popularity in Pakistan
ATTA RASOOL MALIK
The ideological origins of the Pakistan Army can be traced back to what is known in British histories as the 'The Indian Mutiny.’ Its objective was to reinstate to power in Delhi the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah. This was India’s First War of Independence and was mainly fought by Muslims, although many Hindu troops also took part as a result of crude treatment by their British officers. When partition came around in 1947, the formations, units...
By Rep. Mike Gallagher, RealClearDefense: “Now is the time to be honest about what we are trying to achieve in Afghanistan, what it will cost, how we measure progress on the ground, and how this will be different from the last 17 years. ”
- "Pakistani Taliban confirms US killed deputy emir in North Waziristan drone strike," Bill Roggio, FDD's Long War Journal
Sajna Mehsud was killed in a US drone strike in North Waziristan, not in Afghanistan like some Pakistani officials have claimed. Sajna lead the group's powerful Mehsud faction, was close to al Qaeda, and was responsible for murdering thousands of Pakistanis.
the_afghanistan_war_under_trump.pdf |
General Bajwa and Pakistani officials can pontificate all they like about how their country has eliminated terrorism and no longer permit terrorists to use its soil to attack another country. A look at the facts tells another story, and that is one of Pakistani duplicity.
By Javid Ahmad, The National Interest: “For Afghanistan, the recent spate of violence signifies important intelligence failures.”