Discussion with Raoof Hasan, Chief Executive of Regional Peace Institute in Pakistan
Raoof Hasan, Chief Executive of Regional Peace Institute in Pakistan, provides his analysis and perspectives of the past and present security development in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The objective with the interview was to obtain a Pakistani view on past and present conflicts in the region to provide a primary source for further analysis. Recorded in Islamabad, Pakistan.
5th Round of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Bilateral on May 20-21
The Fifth Round of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Bilateral Dialogue was held in Islamabad on May 20-21 under the umbrella theme of “Finding a Sustainable Solution to a Human Crisis: Unravelling the Pak-Afghan Paradigm”.
An eleven member Afghan delegation led by Mr. Mohammad Yousuf Sabir, Member of Parliament, took part in the deliberations. The other members of the delegation included Rohullah Hashimi, Sajad Wafa, Nasir Ahmad Haidarzai, Enayatullah Mudaris, Mohammad Musa Mahmadi, Mujtaba Ayan, Mureed Khawas, Raz Mohammad and Baryali Miakhel.
Discussion on Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations
Dispatches: Protecting the Rights of Afghans in Pakistan
A delegation of Pakistani and Afghan former ambassadors, diplomats, and civil society representatives brainstormed strategies last week to help protect the rights of Pakistan’s highly vulnerable Afghan population.
The Fifth Round of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Bilateral Dialogue, a summit on issues of key mutual interest, produced joint recommendations that, if implemented, will help reduce the fear and insecurity felt by many Afghans in Pakistan.
The Fifth Round of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Bilateral Dialogue was held in Islamabad on May 20-21 under the umbrella theme of “Finding a Sustainable Solution to a Human Crisis: Unravelling the Pak-Afghan Paradigm”.
An eleven member Afghan delegation led by Mr. Mohammad Yousuf Sabir, Member of Parliament, took part in the deliberations. The other members of the delegation included Rohullah Hashimi, Sajad Wafa, Nasir Ahmad Haidarzai, Enayatullah Mudaris, Mohammad Musa Mahmadi, Mujtaba Ayan, Mureed Khawas, Raz Mohammad and Baryali Miakhel.
Pakistan’s growing burden
Raoof Hasan
“There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless”. Niccolo Machiavelli
The fact that Mullah Omar died on Pakistani soil, Osama bin Laden was SEALED and Mullah Mansour droned inside Pakistani territory through unilateral military operations cannot be simply brushed away as coincidence. It highlights the deep rot that signifies Pakistan’s policies towards Afghanistan and the Taliban.
Pakistan Thinks It Can Play Nice with Terrorists. It’s Wrong.
The start of 2016 has been marked by hope for a peace agreement in Afghanistan, a result of multiple meetings of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) countries of China, the United States, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, to develop a framework for bringing the Afghan Taliban into negotiations with the Kabul government. To achieve a peace agreement, Afghanistan is relying on Pakistan’s help to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table. This plan expects Pakistan to engage in a counterterrorism strategy for which it has long been criticized by the same stakeholders now knocking at its door: differentiate the “good” terrorists from the “bad” terrorists, rather than consistently cracking down on all violent groups. This approach has not proved effective at curbing extremist violence in Pakistan or in the region...
BY RAOOF HASAN - MARCH 15, 2016
Is There Any Hope for Peace Talks in Afghanistan? If Not, Then What?
