By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh, in ToloNews, Dec 28, 2022 at 8:28 PMThe United Nations Security Council in a statement on Wednesday called for full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan. The UNSC said that the suspension of women’s work in Afghanistan would have a significant and immediate impact on humanitarian operations in the country. “These restrictions contradict the commitments made by the Taliban to the Afghan people as well as the…
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By Mirudhula Thambiah in The Morning, Dec 27, 2022Welcoming the recent order issued by the Vavuniya High Court (HC) to the security forces to produce a person who was handed over to them in Mullaitivu by his relatives during the end of war, the Association for the Relatives of Enforced Disappearances in the North and the East yesterday (26) noted that they too would file habeas corpus petitions to identify the whereabouts of their loved…
THE situation on the western border is presenting itself as a fresh security challenge for the state, as repeated acts of violence, apparently emanating from Afghanistan, have resulted in an unacceptable loss of life in Pakistan. The fact that the Afghan side has no qualms about targeting civilian areas is particularly disturbing. In the latest flare-up, according to ISPR, the Afghan side opened “indiscriminate fire” on civilian areas in Chaman on Thursday, resulting in at…
Less than a month after the first instance of unprovoked firing in Chaman from Afghan security forces, we have seen a repeat incident, and once again, it is unclear why this transpired. On both occasions, the Afghan security forces fired on Pakistan from across the border without any provocation, only this time, 7 civilians were killed as a result with 16 others injured. It was expected that the interim Taliban government would bring stability to…
by Muhammad Amir Rana in Dawn, Dec 11th, 2022The writer is a security analyst.THE call for setting up an internal security structure on the lines of the US Homeland Security Department echoed again last week when the board of governors of the National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta) met in the federal capital. A lucrative and massive internal security infrastructure always inspires Pakistani security institutions, despite the existence of multiple constraints. The bureaucratic mindset has developed…
report in The Nation, Dec 10, 2022PESHAWAR – Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in an intelligence-based joint operation with security forces arrested four alleged members of Attiq-ur-Rehman, alias Tipu Group, in Lakki Marwat, said a press release issued on Friday. The arrested terrorists were allegedly involved in recent terrorist activities including target killings of police personnel, extortion and attacks on police installations. CTD has also recovered arms and ammunition from their possession. In another operation, another alleged…
by Saqalain Eqbal in Khaama Press online, Dec 6, 2022,An explosion took place near the money exchange market in Jalalabad, the provincial capital of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Tuesday security officials said. According to the governor’s office in the province of Nangarhar, the explosion took place on Tuesday, December 6, at around 2:00 local time at the money exchange market, causing several injuries. Local sources in the province with knowledge of the…
by Ozer Khalid in The Express Tribune, Dec 6th, 2022The writer is a senior consultant, foreign policy expert and a columnist.Pakistan’s decision-makers must reassess Islamabad’s Afghanistan policy. Despite Hina Rabbani Khar’s recent high-octane diplomatic charm offensive to Kabul and Pakistan’s outreach, there have been relentless attacks on Pakistani interests along with TTP’s unilaterally shredding the paper-tiger peace-agreement. The attack on Pakistan’s mission in Kabul, gruesomely targeting Chargé d’affaires Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani, is despicable and leaves…
Report in Dawn, Dec 6th, 2022ISLAMABAD: Experts on Monday called for a review of Afghan policy in view of the latest developments in the neighbouring war torn country and the security challenges it poses to the neighbourhood. These views were expressed by experts at a consultation on “Afghan peace and reconciliation; Pakistan’s interests and policy options” organised by Islamabad-based Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS). Academics, retired military officials, former diplomats, journalists and other experts…
by Imtiaz Gul in The Express Tribune, Dec 2nd, 2022.The writer heads the independent Centre for Research and Security Studies, IslamabadGeneral Qamar Javed Bajwa’s swansong at GHQ on November 23 was a cocktail of admissions of past guilt, mistakes and the armed forces’ resolve to stay away from politics. By doing so, he kicked up more questions than he answered. The first-ever public admission of political interference notwithstanding, Bajwa opened a Pandora’s box — a…
by Dilawar Wazir in Dawn, Dec 2nd, 2022SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: One man was killed and a security official was injured in an attack on a girls’ school in the Azam Warsak area of South Waziristan district on Thursday. According to the district police, unknown militants opened fire from a nearby mountain during Parents’ Day celebrations at the Army Public School for Girls. The students, parents, staff and security personnel, who were present inside the school at…