ISLAMABAD – Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Vladimir Imamovich Norov has said that Afghan conflict can only be solved through political dialogue and not through military means and an inclusive peace process should follow the principle of ‘Afghan-led’ and ‘Afghan-owned’. It may be mentioned here that Pakistan and China both have taken this principled position that Afghan conflict …

TTP Shehryar Mehsud group, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), Hizb-ul-Ahrar, Amjad Farooqi group, Usman Saifullah group atop Afghanistan-based terrorist outfits poised to target CPEC projects, Pakistan’s security, sovereignty, says the UN report UNITED NATIONS – A new United Nations report on Afghanistan highlights the continued and ever-growing cross-border terrorist threat posed by proscribed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which according to the report, continues to …

  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 …

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

Says Afghanistan’s joining CPEC would prove to be a real game-changer for entire region Welcomes ceasefire offer by Taliban for Afghan peace dialogue ISLAMABAD – Senior Northern Alliance leader and Deputy Chief Executive of Afghanistan, Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq has welcomed the idea of extending nodes of China, Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) into Afghanistan, saying that Afghanistan’s inclusion into CPEC would …

  Wang Yi, Rabbani, Qureshi likely to attend China, Pakistan, Afghan trilateral dialogue BEIJING – Pakistan is all set to host trilateral dialogue on Saturday also attended by China and Afghanistan on Saturday in Islamabad. Well informed sources have revealed to DiploMag that Consular Wang Yi, also China’s Foreign Minister, would be leading a high level delegation while Afghanistan would …