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Well India needs to send it's army and airforce to help the Kabuli bubble before it is squashed. Ghani has asked. Help NOW!

Thanks god for the fence!

Does that not demonstrate maturity and dose of cold, hard realpolitiks instead of flying off on fumes of religious bravado?

Sorry for deviating from the thread but think about this. India could easily invest in Hindu nationalism and it would about work because most Hindus live in India. There is a strong identification of India with Hinduism. But what if your country was Christian and you just invested all your...

I don't think you understood my point. These Olympics are about nation states and nationalism competing. Which is why each country is eagerly yearning for their sports people. Religion weakens nationalism. You said to me why don't all the nationalists help people like Nadim. What I was saying...

Never use internet as pulse of what goes on real life. It gives you a distorted picture. I can say with almost 99% certitude that Pakistani people have one of the weakest nationalisms in the world. The emphasis on religion has just created a vague notion of Muslim identity. If Nadeem could have...

The bridge over the Indus is almost complete. M-14 motorway will open by 1st of October this year. This will mean a major portion of Western Corridor will be in place. Islamabad to DI Khan, KPK, to Quetta, Balochistan and Gwadar on Arabian Sea will become reality. The western axis of the country...

Very apt. One narrative says - Pakistan failing, failed state. About to cave in because of it's own contradictions Can't even guard it's nuke assets. Is a international begger but then in the same space claim that - Pakistan has defeated the most lethal military machine in history USA/NATO...

Congrats., to India. Situation from what I can adduce is terrible. First there is monopoly of cricket which appears to have stunted everything. Then there appears to be almost zero investment in sport. I let others with more on ground feel to give insight but I find sport in Pakistan in a state...

Americans. You can see why they are a superpower. Look at the quality of construction, design and road layout. Straight out of Nevada. You will not find such quality post anywhere in South Asia - Afghanistan, Pakistan or India.

These countries invade and intervene in countries across the globe with impunity - although post 1990 their favourite target is Muslim countries on the rim of Europe. Libya, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and then when waves of refugees are trigerred by these botched interventions which almost always...

WASHINGTON: The United States wants Pakistan to keep its borders with Afghanistan open for Afghan refugees, a demand that could strain already tense relations between the two countries. “So, in a place like Pakistan, it’ll be important that their borders remain open,” said a senior State...

Agreed. It's just I want the 20 year nightmare visited on Pakistan to come to a end. I think Pakistan is probably the only country on earth that helped USA to instal it's sworn enemies who invited it's existential threat - India to Kabul. It belies belief. It's like Azerbaijan helps America to...

These religious types are often good fighters but brain dead. Taliban need to hold fire and wait for Americans to leave.

This thread is to back up various bits of info about Pakistan or relevant to Pakistan. Pakistan federation. Five [one disputed] provinces. Each clustered around one ethnic group. All have their own provincial governments with their chief ministers akin to US governors of states based at their...

Yes, very, prescient. Indeed Pakistan completed the project under insurance provided by the Afghan jihad. It's is a interesting question would we have been able to complete the bomb was it not for Afghan jihad. My opinion YES. Agreed it would have been more complicated. If you google "Project...

Everytime I see a bloody Polak, Romanian, Latvian in UK I think of Zbigniew Brzezinski, the point man in USA responsible for the Afghan jihad. His family belonged to Polish nobility and fled the country when Russians took over. His dream was to kick Russia out of Eastern Europe by giving the...

One of the greatest mistakes made by Pakistan was being involved in the 1979-89 jihad against Soviet Russia. I sometimes wonder how Demoractic Republic of Afghanistan would have turned out? Maybe a cheaper version of Tajikistan or Uzbekistan? What a tragedy for the region.

I trust Turkey and Pakistan along with Uzbekistan will mediate any issues arising around Dostum or Uzbeks or other Turkic elements. Call him what you want at least he is not a Indian proxy. Ps. PM Imran Khan has built up a good relationship with Uzbek president. The biggest pain in the...