Pakistan asks world to be "Realistic" about Taliban

Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mahmud Qureshi has asked the global community to be realistic about the Afghan Taliban and show patience and give time to them to settle down to take stock of the war torn country.

He was of the opinion that the world is rather too impatient to expect much more in just two over a month since withdrawal of NATO forces, leaving behind a shattered and tattered economy and basic infrastructure..

In an interview with the Associated Press, Qureshi asked the world to "Be realistic. Show patience. Engage. And above all, do not isolate. Those are the pillars of an approach emerging in Pakistan to deal with a fledgling Taliban government that is once again running Afghanistan next door.".

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Misconceptions about Afghan Crisis by the West

The seemingly endless war by NATO to beat Talibans  has ended  with hurried withdrawal of US and allied troops from Afghanistan. The Taliban now control almost the entire Afghanistan and have even announced their interim government. But despite the victory of Taliban, the West has unleashed a massive media campaign about future of Afghanistan and casting doubts over Taliban's ability to handle the affairs. 

Ahmad M Siddiqi of Al Jazeerah has highlighted four misconceptions of the West about Taliban. All of these seemingly look rather premature and a move to downplay the Taliban who contested the NATO troops for tow decades and finally made them run.

Here are the four misconceptions that West is seemingly worried about as per Siddiqi:

• Al Qadea coming back?
• Taliban are fragmented
• The Taliban triumphed due to foreign support
• The US withdrawal too soon.

Please read the full report for details of these misconceptions
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Last of US Troops leave Afghanistan - Taliban Rejoice their long awaited victory

Finally the day comes when after 20 years of humiliation, with no tangible gains, the last of the US troops left Kabul air port as the dead line of 31 August for their Afghan abandonment reached. Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen breaks the news on Twitter:

The Taliban leaders symbolically walked on the Kabul air port which buzzing with military aircrafts coming and going, lifting troops and civilians, to various destinations. In view of the time compression, most of the last US troops were dropped at Islamabad airport, Pakistan to complete the withdrawal  in time.

The deserted Kabul airport now begins a new era under the Taliban. World awaits for peace after two decades of an endless and clueless war that killed thousands of Afghan civilians, specially women and children.

Watch a video by CBS News on completion of US withdrawal from Afghanistan:

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US finally agrees to Quit Afghanistan after agreement with Taliban

In landmark victory of Taliban of Afghanistan, US finally bows down to the Afghan Taliban and inks an agreement to quit Afghanistan after a futile 18 years old presence in Afghanistan. Pakistan has played an important role in facilitating  the two sides to come to a negotiating table.

As per the deal inked in the Doha, Qatar, the US and NATO allies have agreed to withdraw all troops within 14 months if the militants uphold the deal.

US President Trump said it had been a "long and hard journey" in Afghanistan. "It's time after all these years to bring our people back home," he said.

Perhaps it is the most sane decision by the US and Donald Trump since he took over as the US president. 

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Pakistan Army destroys Taliban Broadcast Tower along Afghanistan border

It has been reported that Pakistan Army has destroyed a Taliban's broadcast tower along Pakistan-Afghanistan border. The broadcast tower was being used to spread anti Pakistan propaganda from Afghan soil.

It may be noted that the Taliban have erected many towers inside Afghanistan that have been used to blast into Pakistan Taliban related propaganda and creating disloyalty among people living in Pakistani territory. 

Taliban have since long been indulged in such activities and in 2009 Pakistan closed down all mobile data signal towers and asked the Afghans to do the same. However, the Afghans have never reciprocated in the same letter and spirit as it suits them to spew venomous anti Pakistan propaganda.

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India Actively Supports Taliban in Pakistan: Says Hindustan Times

Much to the surprise for the rest of the world which has been fed by USA and its allies that Pakistan harbours Taliban, the Hindustan Times in hits recent post confesses that it is India and not Pakistan which is supporting Taliban in Pakistan to weaken Pakistan and tarnish its image world wide. 

Bharat Karnad, professor for national security studies at the Centre for Policy Research, author most recently of Why India is Not a Great Power (Yet), opines in his post in Hindustan Times that severing relations with TTP (Tehrik-e-Taliban-Pakistan) will mean India surrendering an active card in Pakistan and a role in Afghanistan as TTP additionally provides access to certain Afghan Taliban factions. 

It may be added that the RAW-TTP link was publicly revealed in April this year by its former commander, Ehsanullah Ehsan.

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China reacts sharply on Donald Trumps' Accusations against Pakistan

The Chinese Foreign ministry has reacted sharply on US President's Donald Trump's accusations against Pakistan for supporting terrorism.

In a televised statement, the Chinese foreign ministry representative totally rejected baseless allegations against Pakistan and said that Pakistan has done much more than any country in the world to fight terrorism and the terrorists.

The Chinese reaction comes after Donald Trump accused Pakistan for offering safe havens to terrorists establishing Afghanistan and lauded India for its peace efforts.

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Islamic State Ramadi stronghold retaken by Iraqi forces

It has been reported that Iraqi forces have retaken Islamic State Ramadi stronghold - a former government compound.

The government has been trying to retake Ramadi for weeks. The military spokesman, Sabah al-Numani, told Reuters: "The complex is under our complete control, there is no presence whatsoever of [IS] fighters in the complex.

It may be added that Ramadi, mainly Sunni Arab city, about 55 miles (90km) west of Baghdad, fell to IS in May, and was seen as an embarrassing defeat for the army.

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Seymour Hersh: USA Joint Chiefs of Staff indirectly supported Assad to help him defeat jihadists

While much is said about the ISIS and its heinous crimes against humanity and USA apparently trying to undo Assad's government in Syria, here is yet another revelation by none other than Pulitzer-winning veteran journalist Seymour Hersh who says the USA's Joint Chiefs of Staff has indirectly supported Bashar al-Assad in an effort to help him defeat jihadist groups.

According to Hersh the Joint Chiefs sent intelligence via Russia, Germany and Israel on the understanding it would be transmitted to help Assad push back Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State. 

What is more interesting is that the military even undermined a U.S. effort to arm Syrian rebels in a bid to prove it was serious about helping Assad fight their common enemies.

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Is USA funding the ISIS?

The funding of ISIS is a big question mark for the entire world and many wonder how come this force has suddenly been gaining strength - that has started to challenge the world powers.

The ISIS soldiers are seen equipped with modern weapons, brand new fleet of Toyota jeepsters and pickups - who provides this to ISIS?

RT channel has recently reported that an ISIS leader captured by Pakistan's intelligence agencies has revealed that they are being funded by the US Administration. 

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After Being interrogated By Intelligence Officials in Pakistan, ISIS Leader Admits that We Are Being Funded By The US Administration. RT reports#Abeera
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Britain bombs ISIS strongholds in Syria

After Russia and Turkey, Britain too has joined the war against ISIS as its Tornado jets bombed ISIS strongholds in Syria. The bombing came just 57 minutes after MPs vote.

RAF Tornado GR4s, which carry a range of munitions including Paveway IV guided bombs and precision guided Brimstone missiles, based at the Akrotiri base in Cyprus carried out the first sorties against the extremists.

However, despite majority decision inside the parliament, hundreds of people protested against military action, including one woman who lay down under a lorry bringing Westminster traffic to a standstill outside the Houses of Parliament. 

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French police ransacks mosque

In the aftermath of the Paris attack, the French police has resorted to forcibly searching Muslims' houses and have not even spared mosques, reports France 24.

In their fury and rage the French police ransacked a suburban mosque despite be4ing offered the key to the mosque by the mosque leader. And the action of police can be well understood as Fethi Chouder, who also serves as a vice mayor, was outside the mosque when the police searched it on Monday night. 

Since the November 13 attacks in Paris, nearly 300 searches have been carried out all over France as part of the anti-terrorism effort. Contacted by France 24, criminal lawyer Martine Moscovici explains that the methods used by police during this search are not in any way illegal. 

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ISIL Enemy of France - not Asad, Says Hollande

In the aftermath of the Paris massacre, sanity seems to be prevailing in the world leaders and President Francois Holland has said that the Islamic State is his country's biggest enemy, not Syrian president Bashar Assad.

Hollande has been quoted as saying during the emergency meeting of the French parliament: "In Syria, we're looking for the political solution to the problem, which is not Bashar Assad. Our enemy in Syria is ISIL." 

It may be added for information that on Friday the 13th November, eight extremists armed with automatic weapons and wearing explosive belts perpetrated seven attacks at restaurants, the Bataclan concert hall and in the vicinity of the Stade de France stadium across Paris, killing some 130 people.

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Thirteen Taliban militants killed after they attacked Air Force base in Pakistan

Taliban militants attacked a non operational base of Pakistan Air Force in the city of Peshawar early Friday morning and sprayed bullets on a mosque where people were offering their morning prayers - sixteen men are said to have lost their lives, including three air force personnel. 

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Clad in police uniforms, over a dozen militants stormed the base. However, a quick response from the military Quick Reaction Force (QRF), thirteen militants were killed after a fierce gun battle. Exact number of the militants is not known. A young army captain leading the QRF is also said to have lost his life while fighting the militants head-on.

The militants were wearing explosives-laden jackets and were armed with grenades and AK-47 rifles.

It may be added that the Pakistan Army is pursuing a fierce chase of the militants in a large scale operation and has had many gains - upsetting th4e militants and the attack on the base shows their frustration.

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Mullah Omar is dead: BBC Reports

The news of the day is that Mullah Omar is dead, reports BBC today. Mullah Omar led the Taliban to victory over rival Afghan militias in the civil war that followed the withdrawal of Soviet troops.

Mullah Omar died two years ago in Pakistan, says BBC quoting Afghan Security Services.

Abdul Hassib Seddiqi told the BBC's Afghan Service that Mullah Omar had died of health problems at a hospital in Pakistan.

It may be added that Mullah Omar has not been seen in public since the fall of the Taliban regime in late 2001. 

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Pakistan expresses serious concern over Indian Defence Minister 'resolve' to use terrorism to counter terrorism

Pakistan has reacted sharply and expressed serious concern over the statement made by Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar that India will use terrorism to counter terrorism from other countries.

Adviser to Pakistan's prime minister on national security and foreign affairs said that the statement amply confirms Islamabad’s apprehensions about India’s involvement in terrorism in Pakistan.

It may be recalled that Indian Defence Minister had asserted that terrorists have to be neutralised only through terrorists. “India will take proactive steps to prevent a 26/11 type attack,” Press Trust of India quoted him saying.

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US did not undertake OBL operation without Pakistan knowing it

The mysterious circumstances under which a US SEALS operation was conducted in the military city of Abbottabad, Pakistan and shown as a solo US operation has hit a setback as latest news segment reveals that the US had a tip from a Pakistani ex ISI official.

This revelation complicates the earlier White House story that the raid that captured and killed the Osama Bin Laden was entirely a U.S. mission.

The report also says that members of Pakistani spy agency ISI KNEW of bin Laden’s hiding spot.

Seymour M. Hersh is the author of this news and many have started to question the US official version of conducting operation all by its own.

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Amir Khan to rebuild Pakistani school

Amir Khan, the British boxer and descendant of Pakistan grandparents has revealed his intentions to rebuild the Pakistani school in Peshawar which was mercilessly attacked by the terrorists on 16th December leaving 132 children dead. He says that he want to rebuild this school as a role model.

While everyone else contemplates a turkey hangover, the welterweight will head east to Pakistan between Christmas and New Year’s Day, to visit extended family and help rebuild the Pakistan’s shattered morale, reports the Daily Mail. 

Khan has donated the £30,000 pair of shorts he wore in last weekend’s victory in Las Vegas against Devon Alexander to help rebuild the school and ignores the potential personal danger in speaking out.

‘They were innocent kids, they had nothing to do with anything and the Taliban killed them. They are killing their own people,’ he says without hiding his emotions.


‘Setting the teachers on fire in front of these kids, these people are ruthless and have no brains, and I can’t believe they would do something like this. It upsets me and it’s disgusting to see. ‘You never think people would be so sick to do something like that.  


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USA threatens to block $33m to Pakistan in aid if Dr Afridi not released

In a latest arm twisting the USA has threatend to cut off a $33 million aid to Pakistan if Dr Afridfi, the doctor who helped the CIA track drown Osama bin Laden, is not released.

The bill to fund the US government binds the Obama administration to withhold $33 million, $1 million for each year of his sentence, from the funds meant for Pakistan.

The fund will be withheld “until the Secretary of State reports to Congress that Dr Shakil Afridi has been released from prison and cleared of all charges relating to the assistance provided to the United States in locating Laden.”

It may be recalled that CIA paid Dr Afridi to run a vaccination programme in Abbottabad in March and April 2011, as cover for an intelligence operation to establish that Bin Laden and his family were living in a large three-storey house in the town.

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US drone fires two missiles in northwest Pakistan

While there is a wide spread condemnation of US drones violating Pakistan air space and targetting 'militants' inside Pakistan, there has been a fresh attack in which a US drone fried two missiles  in Pakistan's northwest tribal region tonight.

The missiles were fired in Miranshah, South Waziristan, media reports said. It was also not known whether anyone had been killed in the strikes.

The attack comes at a time when Pakistan and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has taken an increasingly anti-drone stance with regular sit-ins being organised to stop NATO supply lines.  

It may be recalled that a November 21 drone strike, which killed six people and injured eight others in the populated area of Hangu, had angered many people. 

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