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Peshawar Bombing likely to Heighten Stress in Pakistan-Taliban Relations
February 06, 2023 Dr Anwesha Ghosh Article

Taliban’s triumph in Afghanistan in August 2021 was seen as a strategic victory for Pakistan. But the initial euphoria considerably withered away in the course of the following months, by the general drift in the Pakistan-Taliban relations. Two fac....

Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan

Tags : Article , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Durand Line , TTP , Afghan Taliban , Peshawar bombing , terrorist attack
Pompeo’s Balakot Claim and the Need to Adopt a Nuanced Understanding of Indo-Pak Deterrence Relationship
February 03, 2023 Dhritiman Mukherjee Article

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent claim that India and Pakistan were on the brink of a nuclear war after India conducted the Balakot airstrike in February 2019 has rekindled fears over the fragile state of deterrence relationship be....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Article , Crises , nuclear deterrence , stability , neutrality , Mediation
Resurgence of Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) in Pakistan
January 11, 2023 Aakriti Vinayak Commentary

Pakistan and Afghanistan relations are on a boil. In the past few months while there has been simmering tensions on the Durand Line, the Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) threat has grown exponentially. On November 28, 2022, the TTP ended the indefinite ceasef....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Commentary , Pakistan , economy , FATA , Terrorism , TTP , Afghan Taliban
Pakistan: Bhutto Legacy
December 21, 2022 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in his outburst against India at the UN Security Council mentioned that Osama Bin Laden is dead. He forgot to mention that Osama died after enjoying a safe haven in Pakistan for a decade. Earlier, the....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Commentary , Pakistan , UN , Osama Bin Laden , Ahmediyas , Bilawal Bhutto , JUI
Why Securing the Information Domain has become an Urgent Necessity for India?
December 05, 2022 Tejusvi Shukla Commentary

A Special Meeting of the UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) was conducted in India in October this year. It was led by the External Affairs Minister, Dr S. Jaishankar, on India’s behalf, where he emphasized the increasing usa....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Commentary , Pakistan , Kashmir , Terrorism , Militancy , Information Warfare , Social Media , United Nations , Jamaat-e-Islami , Counter-Terrorism Committee , Influence Operations
Pakistan: The Appointment of the New COAS and the End of the Long March
November 30, 2022 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistan government announced the appointment of General Asim Munir as the new Army chief on Friday. General Sahir Shamshad Mirza was appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. The army chief’s appointment is always watched with eno....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Commentary , economy , ISI , Imran Khan , PTI , Gen Bajwa , Long March , Shehbaz Sharif , Asim Munir
Pakistan: Appointment of New Army Chief
November 29, 2022 Rana Banerji Article

After much delay and deliberate attempts by former Prime Minister Imran Khan to make the issue controversial, Lt. Gen Syed Asim Munir Shah, Frontier Force Regiment, was appointed Pakistan’s new Army Chief on Nov 24. A lingering `technical issue’ ....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Article , India , Taliban , Imran Khan , PTI , Gen Bajwa , TTP , Shahbaz Sharif , Asim Munir Shah
Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif’s Visit to Beijing and CPEC
November 09, 2022 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistan’s Prime Minister visited China on November 1-2, 2022. Shehbaz Sharif was amongst the first foreign leaders received by Xi Jin Ping soon after the latter got himself an unprecedented third term in office. This was projected in Pakistani med....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan

Tags : Commentary , China , CPEC , Gwadar , BLA , debt restructuring
Pakistan’s Invasion of Kashmir, UN Resolutions and POK
October 18, 2022 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistan had claimed in its written submission to the UN Security Council that it was not involved in the invasion of the state of J&K. However, Col. Akbar Khan, who planned and led the tribal invasion as a serving officer of the Pakistan Army, has m....

Jammu & Kashmir , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Commentary , Kashmir , Gilgit-Baltistan , Akbar Khan , demographic change , raiders
US Military Assistance Package to Pakistan will have a Direct Bearing on India’s National Security
September 12, 2022 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

On 7 September 2022, the US notified the US Congress that it had made a “determination” approving a possible “Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the Government of Pakistan of F-16 for sustainment and related equipment for an estimated cost of $450 ....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Commentary , India , Afghanistan , counterterrorism , F-16
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