Posts Tagged ‘Balkanise Pakistan’
Burying the India-Pakistan dialogue for now
Afghan Journal | By Sanjeev Miglani | 23 July 2010 The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan have returned home, licking their wounds from their latest failed engagement. Both sides are blaming each other for not only failing to make any progress, but also souring ties further, with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his [...]
Islamabad Station Chief until 2009 to Run CIA’s National Clandestine Service
Times of India | 21 July 2010 Retired US spy hired to run CIA covert service WASHINGTON: The CIA brought one of its most experienced spies out of retirement to run the far-flung US intelligence network, the agency said Wednesday. John D Bennett witnessed the emergence of al-Qaida in Africa in the 1990s and was on the front lines of [...]
America’s Resentful, Reluctant Partnership with Pakistan
Al Jazeera | By Robert Grenier (Ex-CIA) | 20 July 2010 US seeks Pakistan PR triumph A preacher I once knew said something which has resonated with me ever since. "There is no end to the good you can do," he said, "provided you are willing to give someone else the credit." No doubt, a substantial amount of good will come from the $500mn in [...]
Bush’s Envoy to Iraq Calls for Partition of Afghanistan
Politico | By Robert D. Blackwill | 7 July 2010 A de facto partition for Afghanistan “This means accepting a de facto partition, enforced by U.S. and NATO air power and special forces, the Afghan army and international partners. After years of faulty U.S. policy toward Afghanistan, there are no quick, easy and cost-free ways to escape the [...]
Prepare Pakistan to lose Kashmir — Ex CIA Station Chief, Islamabad
Al Jazeera | By Robert Grenier | 14 July 2010 Losing Kashmir As we await what many hope will be the start, on July 15, of a renewed India-Pakistan peace process, or "Composite Dialogue" - derailed since the Mumbai attacks of November 2008 - I am reminded of two past conversations. The first occurred in 1999. In a meeting with a senior [...]
Proceedings of the Balochistan International Conference, Washington, DC, 21 November 2009
The Baluch | 21 November 2009 Baluchistan International Conference, Washington D.C. Organized by American Friends of Balochistan This post reproduces selected remarks, statements, and papers delivered at the Baluchistan International Conference, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., Nov. 21, 2009. By way of background, in a 14 November 2008 [...]
The Baloch Narrative
Blip.tv | Undated The Baluch 'The Baluch' is a 25-minute documentary about the history of Balochistan, once a sovereign nation, now a troubled province of Pakistan. In late 2006, following the assassination of tribal leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, our team traveled to Balochistan where for 5 days we visited the towns of Quetta, Kalat and [...]
Baloch Leader, Habib Jalib, Laid to Rest
The News | 14 July 2010 Habib Jalib laid to rest after funeral prayers QUETTA: Secretary General of Balochistan National Party (BNP) Habib Jalib, who was assassinated Wednesday morning in a firing incident, has been laid to rest here in his ancestral graveyard. The deceased’s funderal prayer was held near the above graveyard and attended [...]
Embracing “Afpakistan”
Express Tribune | By Arshad Zaman | 1 July 2010 The expression “Af-Pak” that has gained currency despite belated efforts by the U.S. government to suppress it, has not been received well in Pakistan. This reflects probably a perceived slight in being de-linked from India (not that “Indo-Pak” was much liked), and linked to a [...]
When the ‘Right War’ Goes Wrong
Antiwar | By William Pfaff | 30 June 2010 The increasingly dangerous Afghanistan situation is worth analysis at two levels, that of the war itself, the ultimately doomed attempt by the United States to conquer the Taliban insurrection and impose a pro-American government, and the domestic political effect of Barack Obama’s misguided decision [...]
