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Looming disaster in Afghanistan: Dawn columnist
The writer says Afghanistan is headed towards a full-blown civil war, following the US-led troop pullout.
An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier stands guard at the Bagram Air Base gate, some 50 kilometers north of the capital Kabul, Afghanistan on July 3, 2021.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Abbas Nasir
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The writer is a former editor of Dawn.
AFGHANISTAN is heading towards a full-blown civil war, following the US-led troop pullout and, with Pakistan fearing the inevitable fallout of that slide into chaos, the military and intelligence chiefs briefed a parliamentary committee, notably including opposition members, this last Thursday.
In the words of Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed, the meeting marked the beginning of a national consensus where all political parties shunned their differences and decided ‘to stand behind the army’ on this issue critical to national security.
Although bound by in camera rules and, therefore, unwilling to share many details of the briefing, all that some other participants were willing to say was that the meeting was marked by the bonhomie one parliamentarian attributed to a ‘timid’ opposition. Barring one nobody raised any thorny issue.
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Usman Khan Kakar will be remembered as a true Pukhtoon leader and as an independent voice from Balochistan
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The people thronged the funeral procession from Kuchlak to Quetta, and then at Muslim Bagh. People stood on both sides of the road to pay homage to Usman Kakar. Several transport companies had arranged free transportation for those attending the funeral. It took hours to cover what under normal circumstances would be a two-hour drive from Quetta to Muslim Bagh, Qila Saifullah.