Jalalabad Operation was launched in 5 March 1989, by Mujahedeen comprising eight groups against Najibullah Regime. The operation in question remained (largely) shrouded in mystery. Many military and sometimes political analysts (ironically) on hold General Hameed Gul, then ISI Chief (unfairly) squarely responsible for the unsuccessfulness of the operation and its fallouts later on. The fact of the matter is that most of discussions and analyses in our mainstream media are ...
Read MoreIt might be startling for many that Dogra Raj in Kashmir was known for so many good reasons. The life and property of the common man was not as insecure as it is nowadays, in AJk and Pakistan .The courts, by and large, were free to dispense justice to common people, even to those who did not have any approach or backing. However, in our country, it is a sad fact ...
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After Kabul fell to the Taliban on 15 August 19, 2021, a plethora of debates have raged in media, discussing hopes from Afghanistan .In fact many have started drawing inferences ranging from high hopes of transforming Afghanistan into an entirely Islamic welfare state based on sharia (the Islamic law) to conspiracy oriented shades of prospects, citing the swiftness which Kabul embraced the Taliban. Can Afghanistan become a state envisioned by ...
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During last three decades, Afghanistan witnessed rise, fall and rise of the taliban, a force that changed the paradigms of war and resistance. In early 90s, when the taliban ran through Afghanistan, the world saw them in absolute awe. They were portrayed as barbaric forces, who were against modernization including education for women. It is pertinent to remind the world, especially the journalist community that the taliban emerged as an indigenous ...
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After the unfortunate 9/11, the Americans invaded Afghanistan, dislodging The Taliban Regime, which had been recognized by Pakistan and the UAE. Little did the world know that the course would be reversed in a matter of two decades, forcing the Americans, having suffered immense economic and human loss, to exit Afghanistan. Since Joe Biden has announced the withdrawal in September, which is a symbolic, signaling to pull out the troops ...
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By: Zafar Sultan Zafar Sultan The UN act of lifting sanctions on Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, snake eyed has raged a media debate as regards his future, political scene of Afghanistan and the implications this reconciliations Vis a Vis Pakistan, and other parts of the world where various armed struggles are going on. While there is no doubt that Hekmatyar was a fearless fighter whose Hizb e Islami played a significant rule against ...
Read MoreBy : Zafar Sultan Watching curiously a group of twenty some students dancing at an Indian song, at a public parking, I went near them. The students, boys and girls, were all engrossed in chatters and claps, clanks and giggles, oblivious of the stares of bystanders around. After a while ,when the song, being played in one of their cars had ended, I ambled to a gentle looking boy and asked ...
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The US and Taliban (not the Afghan government) inked a deal in Doha on 29 February ,chalking out map of the withdrawal of The US and its allies from Afghanistan, which is being seen as a huge step forward to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan. To what extent is this agreement practicable, we need to peek into Afghan history. Reflecting at post 1979 scenario, the USSR invaded Afghanistan with its biggest ...
Read Moreملک جمعہ خان، چا چا سجاد، ملک نوید اور نعم الوکیل میرے رومیٹ تھے اور اللہ کے مہمان تھے۔ ملک جمعہ خان نیشنل ہائی وے میں ڈرائیور تھے اور ہر فن مولا تھے۔ کئی محکموں میں نوکری کی اور درجنوں ہنر سیکھے مگر سیلانی طبیعت کی وجہ سے ایک جگہ نہ ٹھہر سکے۔ کثیر الاولاد تھے اور قناعت پسندی کے اصولوں پر گامزن تھے۔ میرے نزدیک ان کی سب سے ...
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