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Afghanistan Voices Displeasure Over Being Ignored in Upcoming Trilateral Meeting
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Kabul voiced displeasure over the planned trilateral meeting between China, Russia and Pakistan on Afghanistan in Moscow on Tuesday, Tolo News reported. Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MoFA) spokesman Ahmad Shekib Mustaghni said on Monday that the agenda of the meeting was a matter of concern. Despite Afghanistan being the focus of their agenda, Kabul was not c
Read Full ArticleDrugs and Surging Violence — The Afghanistan Disaster
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Perhaps Donald Trump has a valid point about Mexico’s threat to the United States, because the 2016 US National Heroin Threat Assessment notes that «Mexican traffickers have taken a larger role in the US heroin market, increasing their heroin production and pushing into eastern US markets». The report points out that 10,574 Americans died of heroin ove
Read Full ArticleNo Pak Role in Fomenting Trouble in Afghanistan: Petraeus
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Former US military commander Gen (R) David Petraeus has said that during his long association with his Pakistani counterparts and interaction with ISI as head of CIA, he could never find a convincing piece of evidence which supported the alleged double game by ISI or its explicit support to elements associated with terrorism. This statement was given by the general while answering a que
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The hole in the Heart of Asia By Peter Lee There was one word missing from Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani’s speech at the “Heart of Asia” conference at Amritsar concerning Afghan security and Pakist
Read Full ArticleTALIBAN SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS FOUR AT NATO BASE IN AFGHANISTAN
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Taliban suicide bomber kills four at NATO base in Afghanistan AFP A Taliban suicide bomber dressed as a labourer blew himself up at the NATO air base at Bagram north of the Afghan capit3al Kabul on Saturda
Read Full ArticleSouth Asia: Greater Eurasia Scenarios - A “Greater Bangladesh”
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Read Full ArticleSouth Asia: Greater Eurasia Scenarios - A “Greater Bangladesh”
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Read Full ArticleAlarming Earthquake Hazard in Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Region
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A group of researchers from the University of Miami has discovered a new earthquake hazard in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in a study aimed at the major Chaman and Ghazaband faults in the region. The research showed the Ghazaband Fault holds a much higher potential for a high magnitude earthquake than previously thought, while the Chaman Fault accounts for only a
Read Full ArticleFlawed Approach to Pakistan - Regional Dynamics are Once Again
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Regional dynamics are once again converging against Pakistan and its interests. And once again, terrorism and Afghanistan are the sources of growing regional differences. Testifying before the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson resorted to what has long been a cornerstone, and a flawed one at that, of US policy towards Pak
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