The Filthy Truth About America’s Fake Position on Afghanistan

The Filthy Truth About America’s Fake Position on Afghanistan

America’s policy toward Afghanistan and the promise of upcoming negotiations is total fakery. We begin with a simple truth. Under American rule, a unique form of corruption, crippling every region, every economic sector, invading every institution, has left that nation not just hopeless, but in total wreckage, just like the US has done to Syria,…

Twas the Day of Thanksgiving and All Trump Talked About Was the Taliban

Twas the Day of Thanksgiving and All Trump Talked About Was the Taliban

Trump, as he’s proven himself prone to do, once again defied convention by talking about the Taliban of all things on Thanksgiving during a surprise visit to Afghanistan, though it wasn’t without good reason since he wanted to show the world that the US is back in the driver’s seat of the Afghan peace process…

Afghan Peace: A Pre-requisite for Prosperity in Eurasia Region

Afghan Peace: A Pre-requisite for Prosperity in Eurasia Region

Afghanistan is a landlocked country located within South-Central Asia. Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China. With its population of 35 million approximately, having a GDP (nominal) of 22 billion US dollars in total, and per capita income of 600 Dollars only. Rich with minerals and natural resources, and well-known for…

The US-Brokered Taliban-Indian Prisoner Swap Is a Pretty Big Deal

The US-Brokered Taliban-Indian Prisoner Swap Is a Pretty Big Deal

The US-brokered Taliban-Indian prisoner swap might lead to the resumption of the Afghan peace process but the deal also carries with it somewhat uncomfortable optics for Pakistan since it was likely agreed to during US peace envoy Khalilzad’s “ice-breaking” meeting with the Taliban in Islamabad last week. *** Last week’s informal meeting between the Taliban…

The Real Reason the US Is Staying in Afghanistan and a Peace Deal With the Taliban Is Impossible

The Real Reason the US Is Staying in Afghanistan and a Peace Deal With the Taliban Is Impossible

As someone who lived and worked at the field level in Afghanistan for six years (2008-14) implementing projects for the U.S. Agency for International Development, I am bemused by the fact that the mainstream media (who should have known better or worse yet, actually did) misled the public into believing that it was — or…