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Hope is not a strategy to leave Afghanistan

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Missing: An Exit Strategy from Afghanistan. A war like everything has a beginning and an end. Some of the lessons from Vietnam for a successful war were “defined objectives” and “realistic goals” and a clear “exit strategy. We have none of the above in Afghanistan. The US administration has meandered from “eliminating Al-Qaeda”, to “Capturing [...]

Hope is not a strategy to leave Afghanistan

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On October 16th, 1951 Afghan national Saeed Akbar assassinated the Pakistani Prime Minister

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An Afghan Talib who represented the Afghan Talibs was solicited to meet the so called Afghan Peace Council. The Afghan did not keep the Pakistanis in the loop and met a representative of the Afghan Talibs. The Rabbani-Tlaib fued has been going on for a very long time. Mr. Hamid Krzai’s government has made a [...]

On October 16th, 1951 Afghan national Saeed Akbar assassinated the Pakistani Prime Minister

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Karzai’s lampost

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When ants near their end, they grow wings and begin to fly. They think that they are free. Actually they await a very quick end. Karzai is totally isolated today. After the murder of Rabbani Karzai is now stuck in the Non-Pakhtun vortex of the war lord from Panjshir, Mohammed Fahim, and the leader of [...]

Karzai’s lampost

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Hillary narrates the Pakistani point of view

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In a strange twist of the times, Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton read out the Pakistani narrative. Hillary said Pakistani people are trying to navigate through a very difficult security environment. Referring to the support US provided to the insurgent groups during the fight against the Russians in Afghanistan, Hillary said when she meets [...]

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‘Strategic Depth through union of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran’: Aslam Beg

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A decade ago there were two visions for Central Asia. Actually one was a vision, and the other was a nightmare. One vision was to link Gwador to China and Central Asia. The counter-move is the Indian threat first build a new port in Iran and then to connect this new Iranian port city of [...]

‘Strategic Depth through union of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran’: Aslam Beg

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Strategic Depth is Self-Defense for Pakistan

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Strategic Depth is Self-Defense for Pakistan In 2008 Rupee News published an article Proxy war in “Afghanistan: Strategic depth vs Strategic clout.” In our 2008 article we quoted Rashid and Rubin. “No state can be successfully pressured into acts it considers suicidal”. Pakistan is simply defending itself by making peace with its citizens and creating [...]

Strategic Depth is Self-Defense for Pakistan

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