Riaz Haq's Blog Posts Tagged 'TTP' (10)

Indian Analyst Bharat Karnad to Modi: Use TTP Terrorists to Attack Pakistan

With the home-grown resistance of a new generation of Kashmiris against India's brutal military occupation turning into a full-blown insurgency, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's right-wing Hindu Nationalist government is trying desperately to divert attention from its human rights abuses by blaming Pakistan for Pulwama attack. Mr. Modi and his ministers are making war threats to "punish"…

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Added by Riaz Haq on February 22, 2019 at 7:30pm — 3 Comments

Terror in Peshawar; Obama in India; Tillerson Exit?

Who was behind the terror attack at Peshawar Agriculture University? Is it the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) that claimed responsibility? Will this attack harden Pakistan's position vis-a-vis TTP sanctuaries in Afghanistan? Will it make less likely for Pakistan to cooperate with the US and Afghanistan? Are Pakistani security forces getting better in dealing with such attacks?…



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Added by Riaz Haq on December 2, 2017 at 9:46pm — No Comments

Saran on India-Pakistan Ties; Gen Mattis in India; Tourism in Pakistan

What does former Indian foreign secretary Shyam Saran say about ties with Pakistan in his recent book "How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century"? Why have "low-hanging fruit" issues between India and Pakistan like Siachin and Sir Creek not been resolved? Whose fault is it? Who in India torpedoed solutions agreed with Pakistan at the last minute? Why does ancient Indian thinker Kautilya,… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on October 1, 2017 at 5:12pm — 7 Comments

Kautilya's Doctrine Dominates India's Pakistan Policy

“Every neighboring state is an enemy and the neighboring state's neighbor is a friend.”

 ― Kautilya, The Arthashastra



The name of Kautilya, meaning crooked, is invoked by former Indian foreign secretary Shyam Saran's book “How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century”.   This invocation of Kautilya in the title of the book makes the above quote about "neighboring state is an enemy"… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on September 27, 2017 at 12:00pm — 14 Comments

Wave of Terror Attacks in Pakistan; Trump's Rocky Start

Who sponsored terrorism in Pakistan claiming over 100 lives last week in multiple incidents, including Lahore and Sehwan bomb blasts? Is it domestic terrorist groups inside Pakistan? Is it intended to create negative headlines to deter business and investment in Pakistan? Is it part of India's Modi's well-publicized campaign to isolate and punish Pakistan? Is to sabotage… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on February 19, 2017 at 3:00pm — 4 Comments

Terror at Bacha Khan U; Pakistan & China Leaders Visit Iran & Saudi Arabia

Who attacked Bacha Khan University in Charsadda? Is this a failure of Pakistan’s anti-terror campaign? Or just a phase of Pakistan’s campaign to end terror? How long will it take to prevent such attacks? What role do the regional dynamics of Afghan-Pakistan and India-Pakistan ties play in such attacks? Would it require a… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on January 23, 2016 at 8:00pm — 2 Comments

Kerry Confronts Modi: Shares Hard Evidence of India's Support of Terror in Pakistan

US Secretary of State John Kerry did not openly acknowledge it in pubic but he took Modi to the woodshed with "hard evidence" of India's continuing support of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its chief Mullah Fazlullah currently sheltered in Afghanistan.  The US has since put Mullah Fazlullah on its… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on January 15, 2015 at 8:30pm — 6 Comments

India Financing Trouble in Pakistan?

"India has always used Afghanistan as a second front against Pakistan. India has over the years been financing problems in Pakistan".  US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel



Chuck Hagel should know what he's talking about when it comes to intelligence. He served on the US Senate Intelligence Committee before he became the Pentagon… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on December 22, 2014 at 11:00am — 18 Comments

"Last Chance" For Peace in Pakistan Taliban Talks

"I am sure the whole nation would be behind the government if and when we launch a military operation against the terrorists - but I want to give peace a final chance," Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told members of  Pakistan's parliament in a televised speech on January 29, 2014.



So why did Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif decide to make the "final chance" offer of talks to the TTP just when it seemed his government was ready to launch a military operation to root out the Pakistani…

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Added by Riaz Haq on February 10, 2014 at 10:39pm — 11 Comments

Pakistan Should Divide and Defeat the Taliban

Talks offer by Prime Minister Sharif has caused a significant rift in the  Pakistani Taliban leadership.  While Punjabi Taliban's leader Asmatullah Muawiya has welcomed the offer, leaders of the Pashtun Taliban have rejected it. The split has become more serious with the Pashtun Taliban's decision to remove Muawiya from his position as the leader of the Punjabi Taliban.…





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Added by Riaz Haq on August 29, 2013 at 5:55pm — 7 Comments

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