Posted on 27 May 2008. Tags: Defeat in Afghanistan, Karzai, USA
Afghan defeat: Blaming the other ally. UK Afghan defeats at Maiwand, Gandamak: Lessons learend for NATO and ISAF“The problem with the allies’ thinking about Afghanistan is that it’s all tactics and no strategy,” A senior British general.Failure and defeat in Afghanistan has reslted in payback and blowback against Pakistan.The ISAF defeat is reminscent of the [...]
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Posted in Afghan, Current Affairs, Durand Ln, US CA
Posted on 07 April 2008. Tags: Afghan, Afghan, Branding the Afghan insurgency as the Taliban insurgenc
The wonder of media spin: Calling the Afghan insurgency the “Taliban resurgence” is an attempt to shift the blame on Pakistan. Calling all the Afghan insurgents “Taliban” is a brazen attempt to nullify a popular uprising against foreign occupation. As an analogy it is like calling the Cherokee, Lakota, Shawnee, Pawnee, Chickashe, Choctow etc as [...]
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Posted in Afghan, Dostum, Durand Ln, Karzai, Politics, US CA
Posted on 16 February 2008. Tags: Afghan, Durand Line, Pakistan
The Durand Line marks the 1610 mile boundary between Afghanistan and PakistanA US envoy says that the Durand Line is only the “de facto” border, not the sanctified “de jure” border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistanis busy electioneering and the watching the elections may have missed one of the most outstanding and incredulous statements made by [...]
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Posted in Afghan, Current Affairs, Durand Ln, Pak CA
Posted on 29 December 2007. Tags: Afghan, Durand Line, Pakistan, Pakistan Afghanistan Union
Its time to give the NATO soldiers a break. The poor guys are struggling and need to go home. Pakistan can surely help. Leave South Asia alone and leave us to misery. The future of this region is to work together. Afghania and Pakistan can make it work and a peaceful world.
A PEACEFUL DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTIONAL FEDERATION AND CONFEDERATION OF STATES IN MUSLIM ASIA WILL ELIMINATE TRIBAL RIVALRIES AND BRING PEACE TO THE WORLD
Gauhar Ayub in his various writings procalims that King Zahir Shah of Afghanistan had agreed to a confederation with Pakistan with Zahir Shah as the titular head of state of the new country. Mr. Gauhar Ayub calls this an opportunity lost. The desire of uniting the Paskhtuns on both sides of the border is mutual.
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Posted in Afghan, Current Affairs, Durand Ln, Gr. Pak, Mus. Asia, Pak CA, S. Asia History