Ayaz Gul VOA News June 8, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has formally conveyed to the United States that Islamabad will not provide military bases to Washington for counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan after all international troops exit the war-torn country, and the U.S. side has stopped raising the issue, senior Pakistani officials said. Several top Pakistani
Ariana: Mohib early last month accused Pakistan, particularly its military, of supporting the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan and compared Pakistan to a “brothel”. “My blood has been boiling ever since you compared Pakistan to a brothel house. You should be ashamed of yourself and must reform your conduct,” Qureshi said of Mohib on Saturday. “Afghanistan’s
Tolo News: Currently, there are around 36,000 religious seminaries in Pakistan functioning as factories to produce Taliban. It is a big and thriving industry, patronized by the military and run by the religious elites with huge investments from the Middle East. A good number of students here are still Afghans who have been used (and
Newsweek: China and Pakistan are looking to bolster their strategic partnership in Afghanistan, where the withdrawal of U.S. troops after two decades of warfare is set to bring along new opportunities and uncertainties, among them the question of a common foe that the United States says does not exist. Click here to read more (external
Michael Hughes: Is Islamabad once again playing a slick double game? Pakistani military and diplomatic leaders continue to claim publicly that the only way to end the Afghan conflict is via a peaceful political resolution just as their alleged minions, the Taliban, are by the hour positioning themselves to capture Kabul. Click here to read
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 31, 2021 By Raghav Sharma The current period in Afghanistan has drawn comparisons to the 1990s in the country. As the United States withdraws its remaining troops, the Afghan political elite continues to fracture, and the government loses territory to a Taliban bent on challenging the legitimacy of the republic, India
Ariana: National Security Advisor (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib said on Saturday that the Taiban’s supreme leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada has not been seen in the last year – which has again raised questions about whether he is dead or alive. Mohib said in a press conference in Kabul Saturday that intelligence findings indicate that Taliban members
Ariana: National Security Adviser (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib on Saturday denied reports indicating Pakistan has stopped official contact with him. Addressing a joint security official’s press conference in Kabul, Mohib stated that he has not received any official communique from Pakistan in this respect. Click here to read more (external link). Related VOA: Pakistan Stops Official
Ariana: Mir Abdul Nabi Bangulzai one of the top commanders of the “pro-independence” armed group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) was killed Thursday morning in an armed attack in Kandahar province of Afghanistan, Pakistani media outlets reported. Click here to read more (external link).
By Radio Free Afghanistan May 26, 2021 The Afghan Taliban has warned neighboring countries against allowing the United States to operate military bases on their soil, following media reports alleging that Pakistan had struck a deal with Washington. The militant group issued the warning in a statement on May 26 amid speculation that the Pentagon is