The US Defeat in Afghanistan: Implications for Pakistan
Lt. General Tariq Khan (Retired) analyses the United States’ strategic failure in Afghanistan and the serious implications this carries for Pakistan’s security environment.
How Terrorism Threatens CPEC: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Analysis
CommandEleven’s briefing paper on the terrorism threat to CPEC — mapping BLA, TTP, and other groups targeting Chinese infrastructure and workers across Pakistan.
Just Another Small Piece of A Grand Puzzle
There has been some speculation how Ehsanullah Ehsan ended up in the custody of Pakistan and whether he surrendered willingly as ISPR said in its statement or was he captured in a Pakistani SpecOp in Afghanistan.
A Pakistani Mindset?
Every argument gravitates to first establishing the credentials of the opponent and after having reduced one to one or the other categories, we go to town on him/her on a personal note, forgetting what the argument was about.
Bullying Pakistan With Sanctions Doesn’t Work
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) of the G7 countries has threatened Pakistan with sanctions if it “fails to comply with necessary actions against terrorism” (Corr,2017). It has, rather magnanimously, given Pakistan three months’ time to comply or else face the music.
Re-Connecting Central Asia
The Central Asian Republics have been historically connected to the world through the ancient Silk Road, situated at the crossroads of East Asia, West Asia, South Asia and Europe, their location is excellent for trade.
US & Pakistan at a Crossroads
Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansoor has been killed in a U.S. airstrike along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, he became leader of the Afghan Taliban only last year in July after the death of Mullah Umar was confirmed.
The Return of The Warlord
After a lapse of almost two decades, former warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar returned to Kabul with a fair degree of pomp and show last week, as bystanders were neither jubilant nor fearful. Some recalled his rocket-ridden tactics which obliterated Kabul.
Talking Afghanistan, Iraq, and ISIS
Faisal Aijaz, CommandEleven’s Deputy Director General – Operations, had an exclusive talk with Mike, a Norwegian Army veteran who served in Norwegian Army’s elite Telemark Battalion during his deployment in Afghanistan and then went to Iraqi Kurdistan to join Peshmerga, fighting the Islamic State/ISIS.
Improving US-Pakistan Relations
This Haqqani Network, consisting of Husain Haqqani, Christine Fair and Bruce Riedel, operates outside Pakistan to damage and weaken Pakistan’s armed forces and intelligence structure.