Afghanistan
Dead end for US - Pakistan alliance?
Dead end for US - Pakistan alliance?
Heartrending images of the green and white, national flag draped coffins of the 24 soldiers and officers that died recently in the NATO attack on two border posts in Pakistan’s…
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Second Bonn Conference on Afghanistan
Second Bonn Conference on Afghanistan
On December 5 2011, there will be another significant event in the recent history of Afghanistan when the international community and Afghans will once again sit down together to mark…
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Afghanistan Needs Permanent US Support not Bases
Afghanistan Needs Permanent US Support not Bases
Last December, US Senator Lindsey suggested the idea of permanent bases for the USA in Afghanistan. He argued that it would help “secure the gains” made in Afghanistan over the…
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Power Politics of ethnic groups and the future of Afghanistan
Power Politics of ethnic groups and the future of Afghanistan
Power politics means the use of force or threat to use force by political parties, nations, groups, subgroups or individuals to protect, preserve or to promote their national, personal or…
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Riaz Khokhar, former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan, on Extremism, Terror, Afghanistan, and India
Riaz Khokhar, former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan, on Extremism, Terror, Afghanistan, and India
Riaz Khokhar, Foreign Secretary of Pakistan from 2002 to 2005, former Ambassador to China and the USA as well as High Commissioner to India, discussed with Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann, President…
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100 FATA Scholarships for Children in Pakistan by the World Security Network Foundation
100 FATA Scholarships for Children in Pakistan by the World Security Network Foundation
For the last two years the global independent World Security Network Foundation has been providing 100 FATA Scholarships in cooperation with a local partner for boys and girls from the…
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Former Pakistani ISI Director Gen. Hamid Gul on Negotiations with the Taliban
Former Pakistani ISI Director Gen. Hamid Gul on Negotiations with the Taliban
No other Pakistani General is so often described as “controversial” as LtGen (Ret.) Hamid Gul, from 1987 to 1989 the Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the premier Pakistani secret…
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Progress in Afghanistan: Two German Generals analyse
Progress in Afghanistan: Two German Generals analyse
Lieutenant General Rainer Glatz, Commander of the Bundeswehr Operations Command in Potsdam since April 22, 2009, is responsible for all German forces operations outside Germany and the highest commander of…
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