Category: AFGHANISTAN
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The Afghanistan Trail on CASA Dialogues
Lt Gen K J Singh (R) and I had a great conversation on Afghanistan. It was an education for me. He is as knowledgeable about the country as he was when he wrote his outstanding dissertation on Afghanistan during our Higher Command Course. A comment from the audience says it all : Impressively comprehensive discussion…
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India’s Three Front Strategy by Lt Gen P R Shankar(R)
India’s geostrategic environment has changed significantly in the past one month. A Talibani Afghanistan, a hybrid Pakistan and an authoritarian China – all in flux, present a new geostrategic challenge beyond the ordinary conception that terrorists will flood the Valley. There is a new Afghanistan- Pakistan- China axis on the block. This axis has tremendous…
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Discussion on Pakistan in Afghanistan
Aadi. and I had a freewheeling discussion on Afghanistan. It started off as a discussion on Pakistan in Afghanistan. however it turned out to be more. We covered a whole range of topics and issues pertaining to the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan. We had this discussion as the Taliban were announcing their caretaker government. I…
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The Afghan Fallout on Afghanistan by Lt Gen P R Shankar(R)
A Pre 9/11 Special Also Read The Afghanistan Trilogy The Afghanistan Fallout in Pakistan The Afghanistan Fallout on China The Afghanistrtan Fallout on India and The Naya World Of Naya Taliban Created by Naya Pakistan Yesterday’s revolutionary is todays leader. However yesterday’s Taliban remains todays Taliban. If you are looking for a Che Guevara, Mao Zedong, Zapata, Robespierre or…
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The Million Dollar Questions in USA and Packistan By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also Read The Afghanistan Trilogy The Afghanistan Fallout in Pakistan The Afghanistan Fallout on China The Afghanistrtan Fallout on India and The Naya World Of Naya Taliban Created by Naya Pakistan …Just days after the Taliban took Kabul, their flag was flying high above a central mosque in Pakistan’s capital. It was an in-your-face gesture intended to spite the…
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NAYA WORLD OF NAYA TALIBAN CREATED BY NAYA PAKISTAN by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The Afghanistan Trilogy The Afghanistan Fallout in Pakistan The Afghanistan Fallout on China The Afghanistan Fallout on India Between two brothers it is brother vs brother. If the cousin is around. It is brother plus brother vs the cousin. If…
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The Afghanistan Fallout on India: The Way Forward by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The Afghanistan Trilogy The Afghanistan Fallout in Pakistan The Afghanistan Fallout on China These days everyone says that Taliban, Pakistan and China are the victors and USA and India the losers in Afghanistan. Things are not so simple. Taliban has won the war but not the peace. USA has lost this aimless war and wants a quick exit. While Pakistan,…
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THE AFGHANISTAN FALLOUT ON CHINA By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The Afghanistan Trilogy The Afghanistan Fallout in Pakistan The Afghanistan Fallout on India Between two brothers it is brother vs brother. If the cousin is around. It is brother plus brother vs the cousin. If an outsider is around. It is the brother plus brother plus cousin vs the outsider. When the outsider is vanquished It…
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The Generals Talk : Afghanistan and the Evolving Interests
Lt Gen Satish Dua, Aadi and I had a very interesting discussion on the Afghanistan situation as it is unravelling. We discussed the interests of all stake holders in Afghanistan and where do they stand. We also addressed the oft repeated apprehension that the next big armed struggle with all the Jihadis will be in…
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THE AFGHAN FALLOUT IN PAKISTAN By lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The Afghanistan Trilogy The Afghanistan Fallout on China The Afghanistan Fallout on India This article is a follow up on my earlier article The Sum of Pakistani Wishes(https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/08/the-sum-of-pakistani-wishes-by-lt-gen-p.html ) An article by Abbas Nasir in Dawn states that ‘Pakistan was concerned of being ‘scapegoated’ and being isolated, for giving sanctuary to the Taliban leadership and fighters… There is no escaping…
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