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Cracking the Afghan-Pak nut It is Nothing Short of a Challenge for Pakistan to Reconcile
0 comments | by Salman Rafi Sheikh
It is nothing short of a challenge for Pakistan to reconcile its western neighbour, a neighbour Pakistan has almost ne
Read Full ArticleThird American-Afghan war? THE decision by the Trump administration
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THE decision by the Trump administration to bolster the presence of US troops in Afghanistan raises questions about America’s getting into the third phase of its Afghan war. The number of additional troops is likely to be 3,000 to 5,000 in addition to the 8,800 or so American soldiers already engaged in the war that is in its 16th year.
Read Full ArticleChina factor in Afghan peace The Chinese Vice Foreign Minister
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The Chinese Vice Foreign Minister, Li Baodong, speaking at Tashkent Peace Conference on Afghanistan, extended China’s support to the inclusive political reconciliation process in Afghanistan. He said China saw Afghanistan as an important partner under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project. Although limited in the past, the Chinese interest in Afghanistan
Read Full ArticleCPEC being extended to Afghanistan The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
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BEIJING: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor -- the flagship project of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) -- is being extended to Afghanistan, a study report said on Sunday.
Read Full ArticleAnalysis: Why is Russia warming up to Pakistan?
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As Pakistan navigates its troubled relationship with the United States and scrambles to avoid being blacklisted for "not taking action on some of the entities and individuals designated as terrorists by the UN", regional alliances are shifting — and analysts po
Read Full ArticleThe American Military Humiliated (Again) Matthew Raphael Johnson
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Read Full ArticleChina’s Latest Move in the Graveyard of Empires
36 comments | by By Pepe Escobar
The latest plot twist in the endless historical saga of Afghanistan as a graveyard of empires has thrown up an intriguing new chapter. For the past two months, Beijing and Kabul have been discussing the possibility of setting up a military base alongside Afghanistan’s border with China.
Read Full ArticleThe Absurdity of the New ‘Great Game’ in Central Asia
6 comments | by By Lyle J. Goldstein
When the American people went to the polls in November 2016, they could be forgiven for thinking they had elected a president who might just bring the troops home from Afghanistan. After nearly seventeen years of grinding war in that poor, desolate and ultimately i
Read Full ArticleTrump Turns on Pakistan By Eric Margolis
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Henry Kissinger rightly noted that it’s often more dangerous being an ally of the United States than its enemy. The latest victim of this sad truism is Pakistan, a loyal ally of the US sinc
Read Full ArticleTrump Afghan Policy Aimed at Taliban or at China? by F William Engdahl
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In recent months the US President has reversed yet another campaign pledge to pull out of Afghanistan, America’s longest war, and instead has begun to deploy an added 3,000 troops there. At the same time he has lashed out at the government of Pakistan accusing it of aiding the Afghan Taliban and pledging to cut all US military aid to that country as reprisal. A deeper view into the si
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