There has been undeclared understanding between the Pakistan and the United States of America regarding the drone attacks in the tribal region of the Pakistan. Pakistan do have serious reservation about the collateral damage of these drone strikes, but the truth is that many many Al Qaeda terrorists among the TTP terrorists have been eliminated [...]
Policy makers in Pakistan are burning the midnight oil these days pondering over the recent developments or degradations for that matter regarding the Pakistan-USA relationship, and where they are heading. That’s not an easy ask, because there are so many gray areas and these relations are intertwined in a complex fashion, coupled with inevitable dependencies, [...]
General James N. Mattis, the head of the US Central Command is a professional soldier and has seen it all from Iraq to Afghanistan. He is not only an experienced commander, he is also a skilled negotiator with tough guys in tough conditions, including insurgents.
As his career tells us that he commanded 1st Battalion 7th [...]
My intent is not to regurgitate the content which I wrote in article at TPS regarding America Taliban relations couple of days ago, but to stress the point that there is growing evidence for sometime that US, our most favorite and cherished ally in this war against terror has been covertly and now overtly siding [...]
The injured and angry snake is the most dangerous specie on this planet. The lethal, deadly, frustrated, defeated and checkmated United States in Afghanistan is blaming Pakistan for it’s miserable retreat and cornered situation. Even after the Bin Laden’s death, America is nowhere near any tangible success. It fails to accept the Afghan attack blunder [...]
Now it’s very complex and hard for the United States to deal with regional happenings in Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran. With hostile Russia and China on the sidelines, this region has become a quagmire for the United States.
The tribal Afghanistan swings in many directions simultaneously as each ethnic and regional tribe has its own inclinations and interests. Kabul [...]
On the big canvas of South Asia, Afghanistan is painted in red right now, and that is the focus of the world. Many world powers are involved in this mess, and all kinds of violent and not-so-violent politics is being played and Pakistan is at the center stage of all of this drama. As Pakistan [...]
There is no other choice, there is no other option. It’s not Pakistan’s onus to decide as how to proceed in this war against terror, because we are not the primary owner of this war. This war was waged by the US and they have been spearheading it and now if they want a withdrawal [...]
At last the sanity seems to be prevailing. Cooler heads are replacing the hotheads. Tones, vibes and gestures are getting politer by the minute and so much so is the urgency of having a truce that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has herself decided to shuttle around Kabul, Islamabad and Washington.
United States wants and [...]
We in Pakistan kinda enjoy the different antics of the United States. Probably you won’t find such an example in the modern history where a superpower is so much frustrated by a country as the US is with Pakistan. It’s not a new thing by the way. It’s has become habitual, second nature and just [...]
