Background Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, was assassinated by a longtime associate on July 12th while entertaining guests at his home. The Taliban claimed responsibility, stating that the associate, Sardar Muhammad, was a sleeper agent. Analysis At first glance, this was a typical Taliban assassination against an official in the U.S.-backed [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Relations with Afghanistan'
Karzai’s Brother’s Death: Tit for Tat?
July 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Tags: Afghan Taliban · Afghanistan · Ahmed Wali Karzai · Inter-services Intelligence · ISI · Pakistan Army · Relations with Afghanistan · Relations with United States · Taliban · War on Terror
Pakistan Plays Poker with Patron and Proxy
March 9th, 2010 · 4 Comments
Editor’s Note: I’ve been sitting on this post for a few weeks now and finally have a chance to post it. Fortunately for me, questions still linger about Pakistan’s motivations behind the recent spate of Taliban arrests. SUMMARY The first two months of 2010 have brought about a sea change on the ground in Afghanistan [...]
Tags: Afghan Taliban · Aghan Jan Mohtasim · Ashfaq Kayani · Ashfaq Kiyani · Asif Zardari · FATA · Inter-services Intelligence · ISI · Maulvi Abdul Kabir · Mohammed Haqqani · Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar · Mullah Abdul Salam · Mullah Mir Muhammad · NATO · Predator UAV · Rehman Malik · Relations with Afghanistan · Relations with India · Relations with United States · Sirajuddin Haqqani · Taliban · War on Terror · Waziristan
Waziristan: The Downing of an Army Helicopter?
February 6th, 2008 · 7 Comments
A military helicopter went down in South Waziristan today. All eight on board were killed including Major General Javed Sultan, the recently promoted commanding officer of Kohat garrison as well as two brigadiers. The official explanation from Islamabad is that the crash was due to “technical reasons.” However, sources report that the helicopter was one [...]
Tags: Afghanistan · Baitullah Mehsud · FATA · Frontier Corps · Homeland Insecurity · Javed Sultan · Pakistan Army · Relations with Afghanistan · Relations with India · Relations with United States · Swat · Taliban · War on Terror · Waziristan








