Amid the spurt in attacks by banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Pakistan s quest to secure strategic depth in Afghanistan by installing a friendly government in Kabul has resulted in what security analysts have begun to call strategic death, writes James Crickton in policy research group, Poreg.
General Asim Munir, the new Pakistan Army chief, will have to relook at the age-old patronage of the Taliban and find a new way to deal with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a terrorist organisation protected by another terrorist entity, the Afghan Taliban, both an immediate challenge to the Pakistan Army s authority, reported Geo-politik.
After General Asim Munir assumed the position of Pakistan Army chief last month, he is now facing an unprecedented crisis, emanating from the economic and political upheaval in the country.
ISLAMABAD [Pakistan], Dec 7: After General Asim Munir assumed the position of Pakistan Army chief last month, he is now facing an unprecedented crisis, emanating from the economic and political upheaval in the country. “Army is facing public ridicule in Pakistan to the dismay of old-timers who still consider that Army is an essential part of three ‘A’s guiding the destiny of the country – the other two being America and Saudi Arabia,” wrote the London-based commentator James Crickton, in […]