Archive for March, 2021

Pakistan: Punjab Assessment 2021- Analysis

On January 11, 2021, a four-year-old Christian girl Eshal was abducted, raped and killed in Malkhanwala village in Waras Pura tehsil (revenue unit) of Faisalabad District.

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Indian Subcontinent 2021: Global Geopolitical Dynamics Weighted In Favor of India – Analysis

India perceptionaly emerges tall in 2021 resulting from the global geopolitical dynamics in play in the Indian Subcontinent. India emerging geopolitically tall in the global geopolitical calculus is recognition of its political stability, its economic resurgent growth and its power-packed Indian Armed Forces, capitalisd under PM Modi.

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Two former US defense secretaries advise against pulling out all troops

Two former US defense secretaries have both said they would advise President Joe Biden against withdrawing all US troops from Afghanistan. This comes amid the Biden administration’s ongoing review of the US-Taliban agreement signed a year ago in Doha, which stipulates the withdrawal of all foreign troops from the country by May 1.

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Khalilzad meets with key Afghans, explains US position

Zalmay Khalilzad met with a number of influential figures in Kabul on Monday including Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum, Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, members of the Jamiat Party, and others. Some political figures in Kabul said that during the meetings, Khalilzad explained the position of the new US administration on peace in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, US House of Foreign Affairs […]

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Taliban’s largest ‘command and control center’ falls to gov’t forces

Ministry of Defense in a released statement on Tuesday said that Afghan commandos conquered and captured the Taliban’s largest command and control center in a raid in Nangarhar province.

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Ex-US Defense Officials Urge Longer Afghanistan Presence

Former US president Donald Trump’s last defense secretary Mark Esper and former president Barack Obama’s first defense secretary Robert Gates both said they would advise President Joe Biden against pulling all US troops out of Afghanistan in time to meet a looming May 1 deadline, according to the Washington Examiner report.

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Govt Wants Peace, But Committed to Defense: Andarab

Minister of Interior Massoud Andarabi said that the Afghan government strongly believes in peace and has not declared a war against anyone; however, it’s up to to the Taliban to decide on a path of peace or war this spring. “The Afghan government has not declared any operation for the month of Hamal (March), because we are still committed to […]

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Watchdog: Political Pressure Caused Attorney General to Resign

Afghanistan’s Attorney General Farid Hamidi stepped down from his post “for personal and family reasons,” according to the Presidential Palace. President Ashraf Ghani accepted his resignation, the Palace said.

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Well known cleric shot dead in Kabul while on his way to mosque

Faiz Mohammad Fayez, former head of the Ulema Council in Kunduz province, was shot dead by unknown gunmen in PD17 of Kabul city early Wednesday morning, Kabul police confirmed.

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Dozens rescued from Taliban prison in Herat

The Afghan forces have rescued 34 people from a Taliban prisoner in western Herat province, the Defense Ministry (MoD) said Wednesday.

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