Ahmed Rashid’s Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on September 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Nobody reviews a book twice, nor do I. I had just published a review of Ahmed Rashid’s latest book Pakistan on the Brink in the Huffington Post on June 25th. The portions of Rashid’s book dealing with Balochistan justifiably required a separate column. He is a widely respected journalist in world … Read more
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Ahmed Rashid’s Balochistan
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 26, 2012 · 2 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar Nobody reviews a book twice, nor do I. I had justpublished a review of Ahmed Rashid’s latest book Pakistan on the Brink in the Huffington Post on June 25th. The portions of Rashid’s book dealing with Balochistan justifiably required a separate column. He is a widely respected journalist in world capitals because of this unique expertise on Afghanistan. … Read more
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on June 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar For three decades, peace in Afghanistan has been interlinked with Pakistan’s policy toward its landlocked western neighbor. The debate has recently shifted with the change in the dynamics of regional politics and security. The state of peace in the post-2014 Afghanistan hinges on the future of Pakistan, which has reached the … Read more
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The Winners and Losers of the Taliban Reintegration Process
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on April 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar In Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C., the future of Afghanistan regularly features as the theme of intense discussions at the U.S. Department of State and the United States Institute for Peace (USIP). As the 2014 deadline for withdrawal of international forces gets closer and Washington reaches out to the “reconcilable Taliban” for … Read more
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Even Bush Plagiarizes
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on November 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Pakistani author of The New York Times best-seller, Taliban, Ahmed Rashid, who was acknowledged by TIME magazine as “the most informed person on the earth about Afghanistan”, has accused George Bush of plagerizing parts of his writings in his freshly released book, Decision Points. The disclosure was firstly made by the Huffington Post which said … Read more
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The Quetta Shura
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on October 1, 2009 · 21 Comments
Many people are asking me these days about the Quetta-Shura. Washington has threatened to expand its drone attacks to Balochistan. In the wake of these developments, I would like top reproduce an article of mine, “Threat to secular Balochistan”, which was published in Pakistan’s leading English language newspaper, Dawn, in March this year. This article … Read more
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Threat to secular Balochistan?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on March 9, 2009 · 3 Comments
By Malik Siraj Akbar Monday, 09 Mar, 2009 | 09:04 AM PST | Nothing embarrasses and irks Pakistani spymasters more than the issue of Talibanisation in Quetta. Over the years, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly protested against the alleged protection provided by Islamabad to Mullah Omar, the one-eyed spiritual cleric and reclusive leader of … Read more
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Balochistan’s worsening situation—Ahmed Rashid
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on March 5, 2009 · 5 Comments
Amid the unceasing political turmoil in Pakistan, the Baloch insurgency has been virtually forgotten. It had been running for several years before President Asif Ali Zardari and Baloch groups declared a ceasefire last year. The insurgency resumed when the government failed to follow up the truce with meaningful talks. The wide-ranging political and economic grievances … Read more
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