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Dated: 20-08-2007 Dated: 07-08-2007
IPI: Energy Security & Strategic Conflicts Pak-Afghan: Grand or Grandeur Jirga!

Safdar Sial

Progress on Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline, also known as ‘Peace Pipeline’, has been inching forward since its inception in the early 1990s though much ambitious and dynamic rhetoric has been in action after the revival of negotiations in February 2004...more

Safdar Sial

The historical Bagh-e-Bala Loya Jirga tent behind International Hotel in Kabul will be hosting 700 members of the first ever 3-day Pak-Afghan Grand Jirga from August 9 inside a three ring security corridor established....more

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Dated: 30-07-2007 Dated: 18-05-2007
Refugee Crisis: Revisiting Afghan Diaspora Afghanistan: Learning to get on with Taliban

Azhar Hassan

Origin of the Afghan influx

The Afghan refugee crisis dates back more than 28 years. Since 1978, as many as, one third of Afghanistan's 26 million inhabitants have been forced to flee their homes, temporarily....
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Fatima Talib

Afghan Senate (colloquially known as Meshrano Jirga), in a bid to bring Taliban to negotiation table, has urged immediate talks with them. This move by the 101 members’ house, headed by its Chairman Sibghatullah Mojadidi...more

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Dated: 19-04-2007 Dated: 16-04-2007
Conflict & Diplomacy: US, Karzai to Fall Back on Pakistan Afghan Unity: A Silver Lining in the Cloud

Safdar Sial

Northern Alliance and its recently extended political wing, “United National Front of Afghanistan (UNFA)”, under the aegis of some key ex-communists, are pushing Karzai regime and its chief mentor, the USA, towards...more

Azhar Hassan

The recent occupation of Bakwa, a district of the province of Farah, following the capture of ‘Qila Moosa’ by Taliban has added considerably to the concerns of US and NATO as it is being termed as a ‘great danger’ for them.....more

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Dated: 03-04-2007 Dated: 21-03-2007
Security: Afghan War Trickles Down to Pakistan Afghanistan: Hikmatyar; Back on Political Track?

Fatima Talib

Pakistani government’s extreme efforts regarding war on terrorism with special focus on Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants’ infiltration across the western borders have not ever been commended and its chief mentors in Washington....more

Aqeel Yusafzai
 
 
The statement of Gulbadin Hikmatyar, head of Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan and ex-premier, regarding the support of America’s blue eyed boy Hamid Karzai, has given rise to many questions...more

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