by sqshareef | Aug 1, 2021 | News International Pakistan
With US forces almost entirely out of Afghanistan, the Taliban are resurgent again. All indications are they may be headed for an outright military victory against the regime in Kabul. However, it is encouraging to see talks at reconciliation between the two groups in...
by sqshareef | Aug 1, 2021 | News International Pakistan
After 20 years of conflict and nation-building efforts, the US is now on its way out of Afghanistan. With the shutting down of the US military base at Bagram, the deal is more or less done. A war that began shortly after the 9/11 attacks on US soil is coming to a...
by sqshareef | Jul 3, 2021 | News International Pakistan
Last week, Joe Biden concluded his first overseas trip since becoming president. He chose to travel to Europe where he met with leaders of the European Union and heads of key Nato allies. There was much relationship rebuilding that was needed after four years of the...
by sqshareef | Jul 3, 2021 | News International Pakistan
Last week, US President Joe Biden visited Tulsa, Oklahoma to publicly acknowledge the 100th anniversary of one of the worst massacres of Americans of African descent in US history. On May 31st a century ago, a white mob descended on the Greenwood neighborhood of...
by sqshareef | Jul 3, 2021 | News International Pakistan
Joe Biden came into office wanting to focus on key US foreign policy priorities – checking China’s rise, and mending fences with Western allies. Getting involved in the Middle East, and particularly the Israeli-Palestinian issue, was not on his agenda. Yet when...
by sqshareef | May 22, 2021 | News International Pakistan
The six months since November 2020 US elections have been among the most eventful, and not always in a positive way.For the first time in American history, the losing candidate refuses to accept the results, continuing to propagate the lie that he actually won. This...
by sqshareef | May 22, 2021 | News International Pakistan, Uncategorized
On April 20, a 12-person jury in Minneapolis gave its verdict in the trial of police officer Derek Chauvin. The jury rendered a guilty verdict on all three counts in the murder of George FloydAlmost a year ago, the entire world had witnessed the harrowing video of the...
by sqshareef | Apr 21, 2021 | News International Pakistan
The last twelve months have seen unprecedented assaults on American democracy, starting with a sitting president claiming the only way he could lose was if there was major rigging of the presidential election. Throughout the months leading up to the November 2020...
by sqshareef | Apr 20, 2021 | News International Pakistan
Last week, Iran and China signed a massive economic pact. Under this agreement, China will invest $400 billion in several sectors in Iran over the next 25 years. In exchange Iran will provide oil to China on favorable terms. This brings to fruition the approach...
by sqshareef | Apr 20, 2021 | News International Pakistan
Last week, the US Congress approved the $1.9 trillion American Relief Plan (ARP) proposed by President Biden to pull the country out of the economic crisis brought on by the pandemic. It includes funds for low-income individuals, and for vaccinations, as well as for...
by sqshareef | Mar 14, 2021 | News International Pakistan, Uncategorized
Americans often fret at the never-ending US entanglements in the Middle East. The region is considered “beyond repair”, with little regard to the US role in the dysfunction. There appear to be several seemingly disconnected episodes in the Middle East that keep...
by sqshareef | Mar 14, 2021 | News International Pakistan
Very soon after taking office in 2009, President Obama appointed Richard Holbrooke as special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. This ‘Af-Pak’ setup showed a lack of understanding of how Pakistan-India tensions factor into any resolution of the Afghanistan crisis. US...
