Modi govt believes India belongs to Hindus, who continue to marginalise other minorities

  By Dr Hussain Yasa Abstract The APTTA renewal between Pakistan and Afghanistan has always increased concern in the light of developing political scenario. This article evaluates the forthcoming challenges and hurdles during the renewal process of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA).The agreement expires on February 11, 2021. The article evaluates the two major hurdles First, the technical and procedural problems, …

By Kazim Ali Gulzari Since 2001, ties between Pakistan and Afghanistan have remained quivering and the misunderstandings caused troubles not only to a single country but to the region as a whole. Countries of the world, with much bigger problems, resolved their issues in the past and are now living next to each other with peace and prosperity. In last …

    By Dr. Hussain Yasa   Preface So far, In Doha Intra-Afghan Talks, began on September 12, 2020, the deadlock continues and both parties could not yet finalize the procedural rules and agendas of the talks. Still the crucial issues like the probable future contour of the polity, governance, Shariah and civic values are on pending as the real …

Afghan Taliban must honour diversity in intra-Afghan dialogue By Dr Hussain Yasa A week after the Intra-Afghan talks started, at last, the distance between the two negotiating teams started surfacing in the first session of their proper face-to-face talks. It took almost a week for the contact groups to finalize the agenda and the principles of the talks. From the very …

Dr Hussain Yasa, the author.   Prologue With the emergence of the political world, the concept of nationhood and the notion of pragmatic ethics of responsibility took over the political psyche of the emerging nations to survive among other preying nations. In the existing world of REALPOLITIK governed by normative political morals neither peace nor related harmony remains to take …

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is expected to start pushing Monday for a global consensus on peace talks with the Taliban, even as his spokesman slammed the Taliban for a spike in violence. Ghani is hosting three online conferences with representatives of some 20 countries this week, with the first meeting scheduled for later Monday. They aim to “build a consensus” …

The Taliban on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to the landmark deal signed between them and United States in February in a video call with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The discussion came as US President Donald Trump faces mounting pressure to explain why he did nothing after being reportedly told that Russian spies had offered and paid cash to Taliban-linked …

Is there an alternative to the failed Nation-State idea?

Shehryar Afridi says China, Pakistan set a new model of friendship, good neighbourly ties