Archive for September, 2019

Pakistan Clarifies There Is ‘No Change in Nuclear Policy’

Hours after Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said his country will not initiate a nuclear war with India, his foreign ministry has clarified that the statement was taken out of context and there’s been no change in its nuke policy.

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Former U.S. Envoys Warn Hasty Afghan Pullout Could Trigger ‘Total Civil War’

Nine former U.S. ambassadors have warned that Afghanistan could collapse in a “total civil war” if the United States withdraws its forces before a “real” peace deal involving the Kabul government is reached with the Taliban.

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Strategies To Combat Terrorism: A Case Study Of Pakistan – OpEd

Since the last two decades, Pakistan has been in the eyes of storm due to the rampant rise of terrorism. This created continuous political turbulence, social fragmentation, and internal security disorder in society. 9/11 attacks, the fatal and most terrible event of the 21st century, shifted the paradigm of the global security system. It’s extremely baffling that despite having the […]

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Afghanistan expects US-Taliban update soon as deal nears

Afghanistan’s government expects the U.S. envoy negotiating with the Taliban on ending America’s longest war to visit Kabul “in one or two days” to share developments in the talks that continue in Qatar, a presidential spokesman said Wednesday.

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US and Taliban could be forced into awkward alliance to take out ISIS in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, the enemy of my enemy is my friend — sort of It may have seemed inconceivable 18 years ago following the September 11 terrorist attacks and the invasion of Afghanistan, but the United States is inching closer to a peace agreement with the Afghan Taliban, the group that provided safe haven for the Al Qaeda terror group responsible […]

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Trump: US Troops Would Remain in Afghanistan After Deal with Taliban

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. plans to reduce the number of American troops in Afghanistan from 14,000 to 8,600 and then will determine further drawdowns.

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Pakistan Test Fires Ghaznavi Ballistic Missile Successfully- Video

Pakistan has successfully held a night training test-launch of its surface to surface ballistic missile, Ghaznavi, the country’s military said on Thursday.

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