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Trump Tweaks Af-Pak policy – Part II

By Policy Research October 15, 2017

President Trump’s policy shift on Afghanistan has wider ramifications than just for the US and Kabul, and encompass China and India. It is Pakistan, however, that bore the direct brunt of President Trump’s hard-hitting speech. The speech could only be seen as a major blow to Pakistan’s economic development and an undermining of its strategic …

Afghan Leaders See Sectarian Agenda in IS Kabul Attack

By Policy Research July 27, 2016

Tensions are rising in Afghanistan after a suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) killed more than 80 members of a minority Shi’ite group, and IS’s top commander for the country threatened more violence to punish Afghan Shi’ites for fighting alongside the Syrian regime. The suicide attack on July 23 was the deadliest in …