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Two different papers, two different stories. Debt accumulation is continuing at a mindboggling pace. None of it is being used to increase the productive capacity of the economy, rather stave off default and keep the country afloat (as has been the story from the late 1980s, but I do not remember...

Bodies were not shredded. Any highspeed projectile impact would disintegrate fragile human bodies. I'd say SSG action in its entirety, may be supported by regular troops. There were some pictures that showed missing lower torso, though. Could be due to the use of rpgs? It is to be noticed that...

True. It was a well-executed IBO.

So SSG did not do them in?

Doesn't say Tb2s were downed by ADS. Maybe Ukrainians mightnt have gotten time to integrate the TB2s in their operational doctrines yet.

Any news on how TB2s fared or how S-400 performed? By the looks of it, this "war" is going to end within 48 hours. Ukrainians had no clue. It is understandable though considering their regular military's showing in the civil war.

Are the casualties Taliban casualties or civilian casualties? As our leaders subside imports from Afghanistan, this is how the new regime in Kabul repays us. History tells that Afghans never understand the language of appeasement or decency. They require to be put in their place (48, early 60's)...

This is all it takes for ISI to do and entire India would light up. Why are we not doing this at a grander scale while the enemy bleeds us through proxies? You don't even need to light u Kashmir separately if you are concerned about FATF. All you need to do is exploit the angst of Indian...

On the other hand, these countries did support the Afghan Islamist resistance, remember? You are seeing the world in black and white, friend.

I am afraid you do not grasp the concepts you are debating. The age of nation-states does not mean that some actors would not be intent on irredentism. NAZI Germany or as you cited the example of the Russian state are few contenders for the same.

Irredentism. Nation-states can engage in it. What about it? NATO is not a religious group. It is a military group conceived to encounter the military threat from the Russian state. you could construct one of these as well with other like-minded countries facing similar threats once you make...

He drew the wrong lesson from it. There is no such thing as ummah in the 21st century. Time to grow up from these fairytales and recognize the fact that the 21st century belongs to nation-states. For any Pakistani, his/her country has to come first and last, period. Pakistan is the only...

I could count 32 in the picture which might cover a single frame only. Imagine a force of this size roaming in the mountains, along the ridgelines and valleys. Imagine the assault being coordinated between various cells using comm links (zero capability of signals intelligence to detect...

Gradually tier one and two cities are coming under attack again. The pattern is not being observed by those who should. Bannu, DIK, Tank, Hangu are already beginning to simmer. Even the regular military is taking casualties where it is deployed in these cities/districts.

Could this be due to an oversupply of money in the market courtesy of extremely low-interest rates in PML N years?

Indian poster claimed that Iranian forces were deployed to invade in the event of the collapse of the Pakistani state to seize control of Balochistan. I was demanding the source of his extraordinary claim. Pakistani-Irani counterinsurgency cooperation in the Shah years is well known and...

Slight disagreement vis a vis the WHT on bank transactions over 50,000 PKR. I think it was justified as a deterrent for increasing the number of filers. People who were not filing had to become filers to escape paying the WHT on every transaction above 50K. I myself had to become a filer due to...

Covid has been a blessing in disguise. In nations' histories sometimes stars align to break vicious cycles (abysmal export growth in our case; even now after the rebasing of economy, export to GDP percentage has fallen further). Had the Pakistani competitors in textiles (where the bulk of...

Balochistan is not an internationally (UN et al.) recognized disputed territory unlike Kashmir or Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory. Balochistan is Pakistan like Tehran or Esfahan is Iran. Would you tolerate miscreants in Esfahan asking for independence? Self-preservation is mankind's basic...

I meant Afg Taliban are sharing gear with TTP.