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Well the good, the bad, the good merry go around has been playing out for a long time. The precursor - Muj-jihadis1908s good, Taliban v0.1 bad, Taliban V0.2 time for good again? Back in 1980s when being a jihadi was next best thing to a Marlboro Man and just behind Rambo.

This is from a Indian newspaper but is on the point. Credit to the paper. The extracts below lay bare the entire cause and ending of the US project in Afghanistan. An ugly reality check The regime that was backed for years by not just the US and NATO but also by all the international community...

Boss, the war is already won by Taliban. All we are left now with is mopping up, cleaning, sorting out the left overs.

There has been a serious change in the way some in the west now describe the Taliban. This is most apparent in interview of British Chief of Staff Gen. Nick Carter. This is not ramblings of anybody but the army that fought the Taliban face to face in Hellmand which the British nicknamed 'Hell Man'.

Interesting discussion with Dr Moeed Pirzada about events in Afghanistan from Pakistani perspective.

I thought it hit the fan when Ghani and Saleh unleashed the might of ANA and NDS just before they ducked and ran leaving trail of dollar notes behind?

Panjshir is a natural fortress and in the past NA held out against Russians and then the Taliban. However they do require external support. During the 1980s Russian invasion this was provided from Pakistan's Chitral district which looks on to Badakshan and Tajikstan including the Walkhan...

And what is there in the picture to disprove that idea?

The future of Af-Pak region should be trade and not war. ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of stuck up empty containers have started coming back from Afghanistan to Pakistan through transit routes after takeover of new Taliban government in Afghanistan. Sources told Business Recorder here on Friday that at...

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The Tajiks of Panjsher only were able to hold out against the Taliban because of Russian support via Central Asia. Besides Pakistan the critical conduits to having influence inside Afghanistan are Russia/Central Asia and Iran. Back in 1990s Russia/Central Asia and Iran supported anti-Taliban...

I get a feeling, just a feeling that those wanted by Pakistan in Afghanistan can hear the clock tick tock. Watch your back boys !

Essentially this what I think Pakistan is hoping. A poorer, colder, mountain version of Saudia Arabia. Chop em, slice em, burqa em and then go drive a pickup - the Saudi variant involves driving a Rolls Royce. Are Saudi women's rights any less important. Talibs are actually idealogical stream...

Yup. About sums it. Uncle Sam adopted that very thinking when sands of Arabia erupted with black gold. Never did they ask Al Saud about his thoughts on the fairer sex or trans-genders or rights of LGBT's. And that is exactly same today in the great US-Saudia alliance. Just to be clear most of...

Very interesting article from which highlights Pakistan's role in moderating the Taliban. * The next 72 hours are crucial for Afghanistan. In Pakistan, anxious people in high offices are twitching nervously while glancing at their watches and calendars. They know they will breathe easy when...

This image below of Af-Pak border at Torkham is rather interesting. On left is Taliban most likely Pashtun and on right Pakistan military's Frontier Corps soldier who will lso be Pashtun, as FC only recruits from Pashtun population of Pakistan. The FC has a history going back to 1878 and was set...

There really is huge potential that something good could come out of this 40 year tragedy. Prime Minister Imran Khan has top on his list a vision - region geo-economic. That is Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Central Asia and countries on the littoral of this zone - Turkey, China, Iran also...

A very childish way to try and configure the discusion according to your frame of referance. No can do. Muzzling other people by using this charge is cheap and crude censorship.

A light hearted dig is not obession but your sudden found care for Afghan females does look rather obessive. 100% That is not so clear but would require a chapter and then some clarify so leave that for now. All of Pakistan's institutions and most of the laws have been inheritated from the...

Plenty of material here for the next Bollywod flick? Mission Afghanistan sounds nice?