The U.S. President-elect must address Pakistan’s treacherous role in Afghanistan at full tilt.
Author: Aimal Faizi
Journalist, writer, one-time spokesperson & director of communications to the former Afghan President, Mr. Hamid Karzai.
Afghans must support peace deal with Hekmatyar
Hekmatyar must put all domestic rivalries with other political groups (mainly Jamiat-e-Islami) aside for a worthy cause. HIG should work for the strengthening of national unity and Afghanistan's relations with all regional powers.
US must challenge Pakistan’s duplicity on Afghanistan
Instead of prolonging the futile war in Afghanistan, the US and NATO must tackle the origins of security threats and the key problem of sanctuaries in Pakistan.
Ashraf Ghani’s war strategy will fail
How can the U.S. and Ashraf Ghani wage an effective military campaign in Afghanistan if the origin of the threat is in Pakistan?
Afghanistan: Stop calling for more wars
In the big picture of the ongoing war, the US and the Taliban both use incidents as pretexts to reignite war in Afghanistan. Both pretexts remain remarkably consistent and serve each other.
ISIL prolongs US war of contradictions in Afghanistan
Or else, perpetual US military operations within Afghanistan will not be a game changer in achieving security and defeating terrorism; rather they will form a policy of invasion, occupation and empire.
How an active Indian military in Afghanistan will make New Delhi stronger
Instead of a terra firma for rivalry, Afghanistan should become a theatre for confidence building between New Delhi and Islamabad.
In Afghanistan, time to fight the political dimensions of terrorism
The Afghan national unity government should increasingly engage with regional powers; ditto for the West in Afghanistan.
The US is needed to battle terror in Afghanistan
Washington must avoid the growing perception of the US double-dealing in regard to Pakistan.
Dead or alive, Mullah Omar will not matter
I am not wrong in saying that Washington never targeted Mullah Omar, nor put pressure on Islamabad to deliver him for justice, after knowing his whereabouts.
