“Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns called on Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, according to a statement issued on Thursday by the military’s media affairs wing”. (Dawn Newspaper) Comment: We have all seen the collapse of the Ashraf Ghani government – […]
The people’s anger is increasing day by day over the murder of Civil Defence volunteer Sabiya Saifi. Demands for justice to Sabiya are growing not only in Delhi but in UP, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Maharashtra, and other states where candle Marches are being held. [The Siasat Daily, 7 Sep 2021]
Headlines: * Taliban Announed New Government * US air strikes after 9/11 attacks killed up to 48,000 civilians
Families cry for justice, return of victims of disappearance The families of victims of enforced disappearance on Monday called on the Bangladesh authorities to return the victims to their families and prosecute the security and law enforcement agencies involved in the abductions. Marking International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances observed on August 30 […]
Headlines: * Exclusive: Before Afghan Collapse, Biden Pressed Ghani to Change Perception * Taliban Parade Captured US Military Equipment in Kandahar * Afghanistan: Dominic Raab Visits Pakistan in Push to Help Fleeing Afghans * US Finally Exits Afghanistan: Biden Again Defends US Defeat * Kashmir again under Brutal Lockdown * Repercussions of American Defeat: European […]
Headlines: China to Surpass Russia as America’s Main Nuclear Threat US The Latest Victim in the Graveyard of Empires Europe Doesn’t Want Afghanistan Refugees
The situation with the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan was one of the main topics of the first G20 conference on gender equality. It takes place in Italy. Prime Minister of the Republic, Mario Draghi, in his address to delegates, called on to do everything possible to protect the fundamental rights of Afghan […]
In the past month, the 8th Prime Minister (PM) of Malaysia, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin faced increasing pressure to step down after politicians from the United Malays National Organisation or UMNO — the largest party in the ruling coalition (Pakatan Nasional) — withdrew their support. The PM later acknowledged that he did not have a […]
Biden Continues to Struggle with the US Exit from Afghanistan After the US puppet regime in Kabul collapsed much faster than America had expected, with its head, Ashraf Ghani, hastily fleeing to the UAE, America was left with a chaotic exit from the country. The world’s media was filled with scenes of shocking mismanagement at […]
Residents took out a rally in Swat on Tuesday to protest the brutal killing of 14 people that included women and children, belonging to Khwazakhela tehsil in Karachi on Aug 14. The incident took place when unidentified persons attacked a minibus with a grenade. The vehicle was carrying about 20 members of a family, who […]
CIA Director William Burns reportedly held a secret meeting in Afghanistan Monday (23/08/21) with the Taliban’s de facto leader, Abdul Ghani Baradar – the highest-level diplomatic encounter since the militant group toppled the government in Kabul.
The United States and its NATO allies are withdrawing their forces from Afghanistan. The news is full of reports of how the Americans are leaving Afghanistan and taking their people with them. The media is also focusing on how Afghanistan is falling into a state of insecurity, as the Taliban take control again 20 years […]
Headlines: Turkey Extols Booming Defence Industry at International Arms Fair Afghanistan Faces Dire Financial Outlook, Warns Former Central Bank Chief Greatest Foreign Policy Humiliation: Trump Turkey Extols Booming Defence Industry at International Arms Fair The TF aircraft being developed by Turkish Aerospace is arguably the jewel in the crown of an industry that is widely […]
America and its Puppet Kabul Regime are Defeated in Afghanistan With astonishing speed, the Afghan mujahideen swept the country forcing the collapse of the Kabul regime, with its president quietly fleeing, even though, according to US President Joe Biden speaking on Monday, the Americans had “trained and equipped an Afghan military force of some 300,000 […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday, 16 August 2021, launched the Single National Curriculum at a ceremony in Islamabad. He spoke about how cultural imposition is tantamount to ‘mental slavery,’ saying that Afghans had “broken the shackles of slavery.” His comments came as the Taliban effectively took control of Afghanistan, after days of rapid advances […]
Taliban Sweep Afghanistan to Now Hold Half of its Provincial Capitals According to an Associated Press report on Friday, in a lightning offensive barrelling through their southern heartland the Afghan mujahideen took four more provincial capitals giving them control over half of Afghanistan’s provincial capitals and two thirds of the country, including also in the […]
In an article published on the 5th July, the US announced that it had left Bagram Air Base. The website Al Jazeera reported1 that, “The United States left Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base’s new Afghan commander, who discovered […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday called out India over its continuous “inhuman military siege” and “unprecedented oppression” in occupied Kashmir. Their rebuke came as the country observed Youm-e-Istehsal Kashmir (The Day of Exploitation) to mark two years since New Delhi stripped the valley of its […]
The United States wants Pakistan to keep its borders with Afghanistan open for Afghan refugees. A senior State Department official while briefing journalists on the new US refugee admission programme for Afghan nationals said, “So, in a place like Pakistan, it’ll be important that their borders remain open.” [Dawn]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov considers the Taliban members to be quite sane people, since, according to him, they do not intend to create an emirate in Afghanistan based on Sharia.
On Tuesday, August 3, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, over a phone conversation with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, reiterated the United States’ strong and enduring commitment to Afghanistan. The statement of the US State Department declared that both sides in addition to condemning the Taliban attacks (as a result of which the people’s life […]
Headlines: US Wants Pakistan to Keep Afghan Border Open for DPs The Wheel Risks Turning Full Circle in Afghanistan When the Chips are Down: Biden’s Semiconductor War
On 28 July 2021, the economic advisory wing of the finance ministry declared in its Monthly Economic Outlook (MEO) for July that, “In the transition towards a higher potential growth level, pressure can be built on external accounts, calling for close monitoring to ensure that the new growth strategy is sustainable.”
Headlines: * Tunisia: U.S. Calls On Tunisia to Finalise Negotiations with IMF As Soon As Possible * Afghan Government Facing ‘Existential Crisis’ * The US and China say They want to Avoid Military Conflict, but no One can Agree on How * US Step Up Airstrikes Against Taliban * Egypt to Increase Bread Prices * […]
On 30th July 2021, the Chief Minister of Sindh, Pakistan imposed a strict lockdown in Karachi, Pakistan, the most populated Muslim city in the world, claiming it to be done for controlling the spread of the coronavirus. Along with imposing a ban on pillion motorcycle riding and shutting down markets, the rulers also limited time […]
On 17 July 2021, the Interior Minister, Sheikh Rashid, stated that a 15-member team of Chinese investigators has joined the ongoing investigations into the Dasu bus explosion of 14 July, in which nine Chinese citizens were killed. He said, “We completely reassure the Chinese government that these culprits, hidden hands and enemies of CPEC and […]
Headlines: India Reaches Out to the Taliban UK Sends Ships to Counter China US, Allies Condemn China for ‘Malicious’ Cyber Activity
On 5 July 2021, US forces under the cover of the night abandoned its key air base in Bagram. Despite the two-decade long occupation US officials had no confidence in the forces it’s been training and did not even officially hand over the base to the Afghan forces. The situation today is the very enemy […]
Headlines: Erdogan Reached Out to the Zionist Entity Taliban win the Battle but Will They Now Lose the Political Battle Europe’s Belt and Road Initiative U.S., Afghanistan, Pakistan Uzbekistan Create Platform for Regional Cooperation India is Scrambling to Get on the Taliban’s Good Side China Weighs Risk and Reward in a Taliban-Led Afghanistan
Headlines: • Taliban say They Control 85pc of Afghanistan • Chinese FM to Visit Central Asia on SCO Mission for Afghan Peace • US says Shared Interests with Pakistan Go Beyond Afghanistan Taliban say They Control 85pc of Afghanistan Taliban officials said on Friday the insurgent group had taken control of 85 per cent of […]
