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As if geo-strategy ever was about female rights, cuddly childrens toys animal rights. What next? You forgot the Lesbians, Gay LGBT community. Please add them to your list so we can shed more crocodile tears.

It all depends on Taliban being habituated within a regional economic area. If Afghanistan be turned into bridge between Central Asia-Pakistan with Iran, Turkey, China joining in economic activity I think it will sober the Taliban. What exactly is the differance between Wahabi/Saud complex that...

I am within reason optimistic that Taliban v.0.2 will behave more responsibly. If people look at the fall of 1996 to Kabul and then compare todays fall you can see the differance. Kabul was destroyed and mass killing, hanging etc was unleashed. This time there is non of that. Indeed Taliban...

I would wager within the year Taliban will have a nucleaus of a airforce. All they have to do is behave like a responsible government and thus far it looks like they will. The Pakistan Airforce Academy is in Risalpur, literally 50 minutes drive from Afghan border at Torkham. Same language, same...

Yes, this is true. FM Qureshi just gave a briefing about his meeting with the Afghan delegation. Summary: I met a broad spectrum of ethnic groups in Afghanistan I regularly meet Pakhtun groups in Afgh. Afgh. is multi-ethnic state so it is important all are included With this in mind I made...

Why would they want to come 'home' when they are guests in a place they call home from home. And still have not completed the Chah Bahar-Kandahar-Kabul-Russia rail line that would connect Mumbai with St Petersburgh? Suddenly members of the Kabul bubble have developed a urge to visit Islamabad...

Rubbish. The Afghan Airforce signed up with Uber and became a taxi service offering cheap one way fares to Tajikistan.

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The events of last 24 hours have demonstrated as bluntly as possible the reality that Taliban always had vastly greater support amongst Afghan masses then the US imposed Kabuli order. All along the contention between Taliban and Kabul regime was who really was the voice of the Afghan people...

According to Ghani and Saleh these are 'Pakistani proxies'.

- NDS gone Yes. Good for Pakistan - RAW fell on its face Yes. Great for Pakistan - PTM is an orphan To a degree but PTM was never a big force anyway. - BLA has no home Yes. This should make big differance - No Civil War True. Huge potential for Belt and Road/CPEC btanching into Afghanistan and...

Okays guys a quick recap. 1996-2001 Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan 2004-2021 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Today we have the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan back in existence. From 2001 to 2021 or 20 years as a insurgent group is back in power. Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan د افغانستان...

Yesterday President Ghani was flexing while sat in this palace. Today Taliban are posing there. All this in 24 hours. Ghani and Saleh have chickened off to Tajikistan.

I think you know my aversion to Islamists. The Saudi's are the fount of Islamic radicalism. The Taliban are deeply influenced by Saudi Salafism. Saudi tentacles even stretch to mosques in UK. Al Qaeda is a Arabian product. Most of the sectarian groups in Pakistan are fininaced by Saudi's. Yet...

I would like to think that we discuss issues above the level of 'good/bad' and 'love/hate'. These are best used in context of private individuals and not geo-politics or policies driven by nation states. There is precious little differance in the ideological moorings of Taliban [At or TTP] and...

Every border of Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Myanmar and most of Middle East has been either drawn by British alone or with input from France or Russia. Please keep that in mind. Indian border with China [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMahon_Line ], Nepal, Myanmar was drawn by British. Afghan...

Sadly I have not been able to contribute to this thread but last 24 hours have been nothing less than tectonic. Some thoughts here - If the contention peddled by Indians and others is true that Taliban are just Pakistani proxies then leaving asides everything else we can conclude this. That...

Taliban seizes Mi-35 attack helicopter gifted by India to Afghan forces after they capture the Kunduz airport and local army headquarters India had gifted four Mi-35 attack helicopters, purchased from Belarus, to Afghanistan in 2019 as a part of its initiative to help augment the latter’s...

If Pakistan can align with Uzbekistan and Turkey a solution could be found particularly if Russia, China and Iran can be roped in also. Since the defence minister is in Islamabad we can only assume some major discussions are taking place.

Turkish Defence minister is in Islamabad and talks with PM Imran Khan. Afghanistan was top of the agenda. Wonder what was agreed on. Guess we will find out going forward.