Abdullah Haroon
Haji Abdullah Haroon, whose death anniversary falls on April 27, was by all accounts an extremely compelling personality. He was multifaceted, his role multidimensional. A businessman, a social worker, a…
Afghan reconciliation process
IT was not entirely surprising that even while President Donald Trump spoke about Kashmir in his opening remarks, Prime Minister Imran Khan used the opportunity of meeting with President Trump…
Portents of a disaster foretold
For all the apparent angst being displayed by Pakistan’s ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) regarding developments in Afghanistan, one cannot but reflect on the ironies that history has thrown up vis-à-vis…
Women and the Taliban
World attention remains focused on Afghanistan in the wake of US and Nato military withdrawal from the country. As foreign forces continue to leave, Taliban commanders have embarked on an…
Choosing a side in Afghanistan
There is growing trepidation that the situation in Afghanistan is rapidly deteriorating. This sense of doom has been locked in for Afghan elites outside the Taliban’s Doha Shura since at…
A win-win formula
A few questions first about the current Afghan situation, in order of their importance. Is Afghan peace hostage to big power rivalry? What policy should Pakistan adopt vis-a-vis various warring…
Education diplomacy
Foreign troops are pulling out of Afghanistan, putting the country back in the headlines. On Pakistani mainstream media a category of ‘defence analysts’, who had been hiding under rocks for…
Regional scenario
In the backdrop of the continuing US pull-out from Afghanistan, the stalled talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government and the Taliban regaining control over 81 percent of the…
Durable peace in Afghanistan
While American troops have already begun leaving Afghanistan, as announced by US President Biden, the dialogue between the Taliban and the Afghan government regarding reconciliation and future political arrangement seems…
Afghanistan and a trapped Pakistan
Though there is still some hope for peace in Afghanistan, generally the prospects of reconciliation and a political solution between the warring parties inside Afghanistan seem to be fading away.…
