Category Archives: Afghanistan Issue

By Arif Ansar

Most of the debate on evaluating the resolution of NATO Afghan supply lines in Pakistan has been confined to matters related to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the status of reconciliation with Taliban. Continue reading →

A.G Noorani

THE Enduring Strategic Partnership Agreement between Afghanistan and the United States, which Presidents Barack Obama and Hamid Karzai signed at Kabul on May 2, follows established precedent in its main objective but is unprecedented in the intrusive powers it confers on the powerful partner.
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Jan Assakzai

As TV studios in Washington and London discuss whether to ‘precipitously’ withdraw NATO forces from Afghanistan or stick to the scheduled 2014 deadline, they largely ignore the predicted decline in aid to Afghanistan’s economy once the transition of security to Afghan forces is completed. The dire prediction comes from none other than the World Bank itself.
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By Asad Munir

A 10-year strategic partnership agreement between the US and Afghanistan has been signed recently which will shape long-term Nato involvement in Afghanistan. Continue reading →

Najmuddin A Shaikh

SUNDAY was the day on which President Karzai and his team had hoped the focus of media attention would be on the progress Afghanistan had made in developing its security forces.
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Mahir Ali

DURING his unannounced visit to Kabul last week, President Barack Obama sought to invest the murkiness of the moment with some sort of significance.
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Dr Maleeha Lodhi

The timing of President Obama’s recent trip to Afghanistan – coinciding with the one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s killing – may have been driven by election politics, but its purpose went beyond that.
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By Arif Ansar

If anyone doubted that US and Afghanistan would not be able to reach a strategic deal, that notion was dispelled this week. Continue reading →