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Post-Mullah Omar
The post-Mullah Omar scenario could be disturbing, and not only for the Taliban, because it will be difficult to maintain unity amongst the rank...
New Taliban Leader Faces Discord as a Top Official Quits
KABUL, Afghanistan — Solidifying reports of high-level rifts within the Taliban over the group’s leadership succession, the head of the insurgents’ official diplomatic delegation...
What a Taliban in disarray could mean for Afghanistan and Pakistan
THE CHALLENGE to the Taliban created by the death of leader Mohammad Omar was manifest in last week’s startling revelation that the movement had...
Pakistan, Turkmenistan accelerate gas pipeline preparations
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - The construction of a $10 billion gas pipeline stretching from Central to South Asia is set to begin in December, Pakistani...
In-House Meeting with a three-member delegation from the CSIS
July 29, 2015: In-House Meeting on “Development Finance Institutions”. A three-member delegation from the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) included: Mr. Daniel...
In-House: Prof. Samina Yasmeen, Director, Centre for Muslim States and Societies (CMSS), University of...
July 13, 2015: ISSI In-House: Prof. Samina Yasmeen, Director, Centre for Muslim States and Societies (CMSS), University of Western Australia, on “Islamophobia in the...
Pakistan may reject NSAs meeting due to Indian arbitrariness
ISLAMABAD - New Delhi’s arbitrary move to unilaterally fix agenda of a proposed meeting between National Security Advisers (NSAs) of Pakistan and India may...
Pakistan to coax Afghan Taliban back into talks
ISLAMABAD: A day after new Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansoor cast doubts on a fledgling peace process, a senior Pakistani official said Islamabad...
News analysis: New Afghan Taliban chief keeps hope alive for Pakistan-brokered Talks
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- The new Afghan Taliban chief, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, has not closed the option of the fragile peace talks in...
China invests $ 115 million to develop wind energy in Pakistan
Beijing: China is helping Pakistan build a wind power plant near its southern port city of Karachi with a total investment of $115 million,...