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Pakistan’s Prime Minister hailed the Taliban for “breaking the shackles of slavery,” Dhume noted, while on social media, retired generals, who, in their day worked with the Taliban, “hailed the triumph of Islam,” even as Dhume added, “never mind that the defeated Afghan government too called itself an Islamic republic.”

Islamabad reaction to the Taliban victory was the opposite of the despair in Western capitals. Their triumph showed that Afghans had broken the shackles of

After years of accusations that Islamabad was covertly backing the Taliban, Pakistan overtly hailed the fall of Kabul on Sunday. Experts say geostrategic concerns about its enemy India motivate Pakis…

AFGHANISTAN 20 YEARS ON The consequences and complications of what’s left behind and what’s coming. A series of discussions with journalist Lynne O’Donnell. About this event By subscribing, you agree to The Media Line terms of use and privacy policy. September 11, 2021, the 20th anniversary of the Al Qaeda attacks on the United States, is the deadline for the withdrawal of American and Allied troops from Afghanistan. US President Joe Biden is pulling out. An expert panel will discuss th...

Daily Times May 7, 2021 A decade has passed since Operation Neptune Spear struck into the heart of Pakistan. The clandestine US mission targeted a residential compound in Abbottabad, close to a local military academy, and eliminated Osama Bin Laden. In the immediate aftermath, questions were raised regarding the efficacy of Pakistan’s intelligence agencies since the Al Qaeda chief had reportedly been living in the area since 2005. The year 2011 was a particularly bad one for Pak-US ties. In J...

April 14, 2021 01:00 PM Age: 7 hours (source: ahvalnews.com) 1 PM April 14th for the webinar, Guardians of the Straits: Turkey’s Plans for a Bypass Canal and the Future of Montreux. On April 7, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that work on Kanal Istanbul would begin this summer. The $9.2 billion project, which will create a canal that will run parallel to the Bosporus Strait, has been marred in controversy, with critics alleging that it could threaten the Montreux Convention...