Manish Rai
Pakistan should realise that Taliban is out of its Orbit
Recently again Taliban fighters and Pakistani Army fought each other on Durand Line. The clashes erupted on May 13 after the Pakistani side began repairing the barbed-wire fence it first…
Pakistani Generals Forced Baloch’s to Pick Arms
Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan has been the scene of a low-level insurgency and a brutal military crackdown for decades. However, the vast and resource-rich province has witnessed a surge…
Iran Revolutionary Guards Holding Syria as a Hostage
Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in the elite Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and his deputy General Mohammad Hadi Hajriahimi were killed in an…
Iran Dragging Syria into another War
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its all-time favorite Hezbollah have directly fought in Syria in support of the Assad regime since 2012. Iranians militarily and economically have heavily…
Turkey Backed Rebel Groups Pose a Significant Threat in Syria
The Syrian Democratic Council is the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. SDF controls roughly 25% of Syrian territory…
ISIS is Still the Most Imminent Threat in the Region: Peshmerga
Major General Usman Mohammad Mustafa is the Director General of Media and Awareness in the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs effectively serving as the official spokesperson of Peshmerga forces. The Peshmerga…
Syria all set to get into Arab Fold
Recently in the last few months there have been a lot of diplomatic initiatives taken up by the gulf states to improve relations with Damascus. Most important of them was…
India-Egyptian relations are now Strategic: Indian Envoy
Ambassador Ajit Gupte a senior diplomat from Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is currently serving as the Indian Ambassador to Egypt. We are presently witnessing a deepening of Indo-Egyptian ties as…
Baloch People’s Patience Running Out
Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest province in terms of area, has been rocked by the massive protests and sit-in demonstrations for quite sometime now. The “Haq Do Tehreek” (Give Rights Movement) leader…
Why Anti-Taliban Resistance Should be Supported
Recently the Taliban have ordered an indefinite ban on university education for the country’s women. The Ministry of Higher Education stated this in a letter issued to all government and…
Pak Army should go back to Barracks
The ouster of Imran Khan as the Prime Minister in April this year has led to an unprecedented backlash against the country’s all-mighty military establishment. People are now openly expressing…
Baloch Conflict: No Longer a Low-Level Insurgency
For decades the Pakistani establishment has termed the Baloch insurgency as a low-intensity conflict confined mostly to Balochistan, the country’s largest province by territory. But that seems to have changed,…
Pakistani Taliban is a Volcano waiting to Erupt
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in June this year declared an indefinite ceasefire to facilitate peace talks being brokered by the Afghan Taliban. But there have been regular clashes between TTP and…
India Can Have Working Relations With Taliban
Recently India has reinvented its engagement policy with the Taliban. As in the first week of June, a high-level Indian diplomatic delegation led by Shri J P Singh, Joint Secretary…
Resistance Have Presence in Most Parts of Afghanistan- NRF
Recently there has been intense fighting between the Taliban forces and NRF guerillas in and around Panjshir and Andarab valley in North Afghanistan. NRF claimed to have inflicted heavy casualties…
Taliban on the Verge of an Inhouse Fight
The Taliban now has firm control over Afghanistan. At this point in time, the Taliban have no opponents capable of undermining their positions in terms of military, political, or even…
Imran Khan Just a Bunch of Lies and Disappointments
In 2018, Pakistan witnessed the rise of new celebrity Prime Minister Imran Khan who vowed to halt dynastic politics, end corruption and boost the economy. Common Pakistanis especially the youths…
Balochistan on the Verge of Eruption
Balochistan Pakistan’s largest province in terms of area in the last few weeks has witnessed a drastic increase in attacks against the Pakistani security forces, with Baloch rebels having caused…
China Should Know That it’s Investment is not Safe in Balochistan: BNA
Two important Baloch armed groups Baloch Republican Army (BRA) and the United Baloch Army (UBA) recently announced their merger and formation of a new “resistance organization,” the Baloch Nationalist…
Ending Pakistan’s Forcible Occupation is the Ultimate Goal- Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF)
Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) is one of the oldest and sizeable Baloch armed separatist groups frequently carrying out armed attacks against Pakistani forces and government installations in Pakistan’s restive province…
Why Afghan Forces Melted So Quickly?
The Taliban now control almost the whole of Afghanistan including the capital city, Kabul, almost two decades since they were driven out by US troops. It was widely expected that after the…
National Mobilizations Will Push Back Taliban: General Ata Mohammad Noor
General Ata Mohammad Noor, Leader of Jamiat-e Islami Afghanistan and the Former Governor of Balkh Province have been the most important strongman and commander in North Afghanistan. Currently, General Ata…
Palestinian Islamic Jihad turned out to be a Dark Horse
Fresh round of escalation between Israel and armed groups from Gaza has just completed. In this round, thousands of rockets are being fired towards Israeli cities and Israel Defence Forces…
Core Concepts of Taliban’s Islamic Emirate has not Changed
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which was the official name of the Taliban regime before being deposed by the United States in late 2001. The Taliban has always insisted on calling…
India’s Challenges in Middle East
Energy security has long been a concern for India, a global giant in oil consumption. The fuel demands are growing fast in proportion to its rapid economic development. Oil and…
Won’t Allow Any Foreign Group to Interfere in Afghanistan: Taliban
Dr Muhammad Naeem Wardak is the Spokesperson for Taliban political office in Doha. Political talks are undergoing between Afghan government and Taliban at Doha but on the other hand, intense…
Erdogan: An Aspiring Caliph
Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is working hard on both domestic and international fronts to advance his grand design of reviving an Islamic caliphate under his rule. It is now…
Libya Conflict: Sirte-Jufra Will be a Flashpoint
Turks are increasing their military involvement in Libya with each passing day in support of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Fayez Al Saraj. GNA now backed…
Yemen Torn Apart from Another Strife
Yemen’s leading Southern separatist group Southern Transition Council (STC) has declared self-rule and state of emergency in the areas under their control, including the port city of Aden. This bold…
Balochistan: Pakistan’s Hidden Shame
Balochistan is Pakistan’s largest province in terms of area though it has a population of just around 12 million. If we put this in numbers Balochistan is approximately 44% of…
India Should not Panic about Afghanistan
United States and Taliban have entered into an agreement in Qatari capital Doha which will pave way for US forces to leave war torn Afghanistan. Under the Doha agreement, the…
Hezbollah now most Prominent Threat to US
After the killing of Major General Qassem Suleimani the loudest voice (After Ayatollah Khamenei) threating United States came from Hezbollah. Secretary General of Hezbollah Sheik Hassan Nasrallah in his…
India and Israel Partnership is Comprehensive and Strategic in Nature: Israel Envoy to India
Dr Ron Malka is the Ambassador of Israel to India. In an exclusive interview to Manish Rai, Editor of Viewsaround and a geo-political analyst he spoke about various dynamics related…
Afghanistan has changed but Taliban hasn’t: Afghan Envoy
Mr Tahir Qadiry is Afghanistan’s envoy to India (Charge d’Affaires). In an exclusive interview to Manish Rai, Editor of Viewsaround and a geo-political analyst spoke about various issues concerning Afghanistan.…
Moscow Will Dominate Middle East For Long
On one hand United States military outposts and bases are being emptied or destroyed after Washington withdrew from the North East Syria and left its Kurdish allies and on the…
Assad will be Real Beneficiary
Turkey has launched its operation Peace Spring in Northern Syria aiming to uproot Kurdish forces. As the United States have already abandon their Kurdish allies which helped them to finish…
Pashtuns Grievances Should be Addressed
Pashtuns are an ethnic group of about 49 million people, split between two countries on either side of the Durand Line border was formed after the Second Anglo-Afghan War in…
Houthis a Grave Concern for Saudis
Recent attacks launched by Houthis rebels on critical installations of Saudi Arabia has demonstrated a significant leap in their capabilities. The story of how Ansar Allah (official name of Houthi…
ISIS is a Big Hurdle for Afghan Peace
Islamic State Afghanistan claimed responsibility for an attack on the communication ministry building centrally located in capital Kabul last month. The Islamic State’s local arm has repeatedly targeted both official…
Is Arab League Still Relevant?
The Arab League, commonly known as the League of Arab States, was formed in 1945 for the purpose of aligning the Arab nations for matter of mutual interest and concern.…
Afghan Peace Process Should Have a Holistic Approach
United States seems to be inclined or even desperate, to close a deal with the Taliban. The US Special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, has already held extensive six days…