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One word: Corruption. What moral authority did Ghani or even ANA Generals have to ask their men to fight? When the soldier on ground knew that these assholes will just pack their bags and **** off as soon as shit even nears the fan. And this is exactly what happened. All the bigshots are gone...

Dealing with the Shia population inside Afghanistan and Emirate's diplomatic relationship with Iran will be a major test of maturity for the Taliban. As of now, all actions by the group indicate that they have matured a lot since they last gained power in the 90s--their leadership is mature and...

Hate to break it to you but we don't do that here. NADRA issued millions of genuine ID cards to anyone and everyone who could pay for them.

Interesting idea you got there. Maybe wait 20-30 years before we implement it. In the meanwhile lets first ask our own citizens like traders, doctors, lawyers to pay their due taxes while keeping the border sealed. Like airtight sealed for the next few decades. I am all for helping our...

Pakistan keeps WINNING! Some 70k Pakistani lives lost. Billions in damages to infrastructure. Yet Uncle Sam and allies say Pakistan won. OK if you say so.

Good to see Pakistani seths diversifying. Lets hope they see potential in IT soon; a single hit mobile game can be worth more than their entire conglomerate.

Probably this Haibat Ullah dude made a higher bid on chief of army staff position. That's how things work over there. You bid for positions and then earn your cost back.

Inflation is going to be undoing of this PTI Gov. With 2 years left in elections they need to focus on one or two key areas at MAX instead of trying to do everything and achieving mediocre or barely noticeable results. Target one or two key areas like police reforms or economy and go all out...

I understand your point and why you are saying this. My only disagreement was that its a different world now. The approach you suggested might work in the short term but its not saleable as there always will be a counter narrative. The approach I would like to see is long term--use danda on...

Iran? Just talk to any Iranian and he'll tell how probably half of the Gov bigwigs are Western puppets. Their ranks are infested with traitors. Pakistani LEAs needs to update their own "software" to fight this next gen war. Kidnappings, beatings etc do not work anymore, they work against the...

Great thread! What, in your opinion, is the biggest threat to China's internal stability? If one were to believe hawks in the US/West in general it would seem like China is just waiting for a single mass event that will overthrow the CCP and Chinese people will fill the streets. Basically the...

China and Russia have already pretty much accepted the IEA. Funny how everyone who has to bear the brunt of a civil war in Afghanistan is trying to resolve things while the countries that have no stake are trying to spoil things. Same goes for Afghans living in the security of West--they live in...

Ah India. The cesspool of communal violence. Where even bedroom problems are because of Muslims. This is what 1000 years of slavery does to a people. They see ghosts everywhere.

Yea..no. No they don't.

IEA doesn't need to "hold" provincial capitals in the traditional sense, for now at least. Their main strength is guerilla style warfare that allowed them to keep NATO/US at bay for 20 years--they just need to chip away at the Ghani regime and I believe this is exactly what they are doing. Only...

Two groups are fighting for Afghanistan's control. And both groups have their problems--only hope is to choose the lesser of these two evils. That's how I see it. Now, who is the lesser evil? In my book, Taliban are better than the current regime. This poor woman suffered at the hands of...

Pakistanis don't tolerate this shit either. This is a one off incident and culprits will get arrested sooner or later.

No one in their right mind is going to Afghanistan to study. These "students" are either using the university admission letters to cross borders for smuggling or they are getting paid by someone to do something other than studying.

It makes sense if you bought imported stuff from somewhere like Essa Jees. Locally made stuff is much much cheaper. From a good grocery store or bakery like Tehzeeb Large bread is around 100, dozen eggs are 160, Nurpur butter 200grams is around 220, standard size apple jam that should be enough...

Ground invasion is impossible and the US knows it. Nobody wants to drown in a sea of armed population. Air or naval campaign risks pushing Pakistan just enough to do something extreme like blowing up regional American bases (multiple) or attacking American allies nearby. Realistic scenario for...