Jasbir Sarai The inevitability of Taliban control over the whole of Afghanistan within a year or two of the US leaving the country was quite well appreciated. What was not appreciated was the speed with which it happened. According to reports, the Taliban is already in control of Kabul whose fall now coincides with the Independence Day of India. Mazar-e-Sharif and … [Read more...] about Afghanistan on the brink: Challenges for India and the world
Pakistan
Infringement of human rights through state sponsored violence in Balochistan
Jasbir Sarai On 01 June 2021, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan made a rare visit to Balochistan, a province that has been in the throes of a separatist insurgency ever since the creation of the country. The visit had a distinct political hue with the PM making all the right noises about development and federal assistance. By doing so he only rubbed salt on the festering … [Read more...] about Infringement of human rights through state sponsored violence in Balochistan
Pakistan’s cruel demographic engineering in POJK
Hardeep Bedi Pakistan Occupied Jammu Kashmir (POJK), that comprises of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), fallaciously called Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan is one among the most oppressed and exploited regions in the world. This region is legitimately a part of India but, due to certain unfortunate circumstances at the time of partition, it remained under Pakistani control. … [Read more...] about Pakistan’s cruel demographic engineering in POJK
Pakistan is posing a big danger to world peace and security
Jaibans Singh Pakistan, with its abrasive postures toward all the major crises that the world is grappling with, is walking on a thin line. The country is indulging in negative and unsubstantiated propaganda and taking sides in international conflicts in a manner that gives rise to passions rather than diffusing the situation. It is going against the international thought … [Read more...] about Pakistan is posing a big danger to world peace and security
Pakistani leadership must reconcile with India; focus on resurrecting its country
Jaibans Singh It is said that if a person has something in the back of his mind he tends to blurt it out unwittingly in the course of a conversation. Something of this sort happened with the foreign minister of Pakistan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi. It seems that deep down he is convinced that Pakistan's is unjustified in demanding revocation of the Indian decision to abrogate the … [Read more...] about Pakistani leadership must reconcile with India; focus on resurrecting its country