This document summarizes the history of conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan since the US invasion in 2001 following 9/11. It outlines the key players in the Afghan government and anti-government forces like the Taliban. It also discusses Pakistan's role and how the war has spilled over the border. The international response and goals of allies like the US and NATO are examined.
Foreign Policy of pakistan
Pakistan has a fiercely independent foreign policy, especially when it comes to issues such as development of nuclear weapons, construction of nuclear reactors, foreign military purchases and other issues that are vital to its national interests. Pakistan has a strategic geo-political location at the corridor of world major maritime oil supply lines, and has close proximity to the resource and oil rich central Asian countries. Pakistan is an important member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), is ranked by the US as a major non-NATO ally in the war against terrorism, and has a highly disciplined and professional military.
The foreign policy of Pakistan sets out in the way it interacts with foreign nations and to determine its standard of interactions for its organizations, corporations and individual citizens.Backed by the semi-agricultural and semi-industrialized economy, Pakistan is the 42th largest (nominal GDP) and 25th largest (purchasing power) economic power in the world, with a defence budget of $6.98 billion, which accounts for approximately ~0.37% of global military spending. The Foreign Minister of Pakistan is the official charged with state-to-state diplomacy, although the Prime minister maintains an ultimate authority over foreign policy. The state foreign policy includes defining the national interest, as well as the economic interest and strategies chosen both to safeguard that and to achieve its policy goals.Following the general election held on May 2013, Tariq Fatimi and NSA Sartaj Aziz are designated as advisers to the Prime Minister on foreign and strategic policies
Foreign Policy of pakistan
Pakistan has a fiercely independent foreign policy, especially when it comes to issues such as development of nuclear weapons, construction of nuclear reactors, foreign military purchases and other issues that are vital to its national interests. Pakistan has a strategic geo-political location at the corridor of world major maritime oil supply lines, and has close proximity to the resource and oil rich central Asian countries. Pakistan is an important member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), is ranked by the US as a major non-NATO ally in the war against terrorism, and has a highly disciplined and professional military.
The foreign policy of Pakistan sets out in the way it interacts with foreign nations and to determine its standard of interactions for its organizations, corporations and individual citizens.Backed by the semi-agricultural and semi-industrialized economy, Pakistan is the 42th largest (nominal GDP) and 25th largest (purchasing power) economic power in the world, with a defence budget of $6.98 billion, which accounts for approximately ~0.37% of global military spending. The Foreign Minister of Pakistan is the official charged with state-to-state diplomacy, although the Prime minister maintains an ultimate authority over foreign policy. The state foreign policy includes defining the national interest, as well as the economic interest and strategies chosen both to safeguard that and to achieve its policy goals.Following the general election held on May 2013, Tariq Fatimi and NSA Sartaj Aziz are designated as advisers to the Prime Minister on foreign and strategic policies
Foreign policy of Pakistan in era of bilateralism 1962-1979Shabbir Hussain
Foreign policy of Pakistan in era of bilateralism 1962-1979
1-Defination Of Foreign Policy
2-Transition Phase (1962-1970)
3-Fall Of Dhaka (1970)
4-Bilateralism And Non-Alignment (1972-1979)
Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons Program - An overview and critiqueVikas Sharma
Pakistan is a member of the ‘nuclear club’ with an arsenal of ~120 warheads. However, Pakistan’s regular appearance in lists of ‘unstable governments’, rising religious
militancy in the region, and experience with A.Q. Khan Network have raised concerns globally. This paper provides an overview of Pakistan’s nuclear program, its regional/international cooperation, and key issues stirring international worry.
Pakistan claims Jammu and Kashmir based on its majority Muslim population, whereas China claims the Shaksam Valley and Aksai Chin. The Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict primarily between India and Pakistan, having started just after the partition of India in 1947. ... The present conflict is in Kashmir Valley
Foreign Policy
Aims of foreign policy of Pakistan
China and Pakistan’s Relations
Relationship’s History of Pakistan and America
India-Pakistan Relations
Kashmir Conflict
Pak-Afghan Relations
Case Study on Afghan Government VS TalibanKhesrau Hayat
Case study on Taliban and Aghan Government. The Taliban is a predominantly Pashtun, Islamic fundamentalist group that ruled Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when a U.S.-led invasion toppled the regime for providing refuge to al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden
Foreign policy of Pakistan in era of bilateralism 1962-1979Shabbir Hussain
Foreign policy of Pakistan in era of bilateralism 1962-1979
1-Defination Of Foreign Policy
2-Transition Phase (1962-1970)
3-Fall Of Dhaka (1970)
4-Bilateralism And Non-Alignment (1972-1979)
Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons Program - An overview and critiqueVikas Sharma
Pakistan is a member of the ‘nuclear club’ with an arsenal of ~120 warheads. However, Pakistan’s regular appearance in lists of ‘unstable governments’, rising religious
militancy in the region, and experience with A.Q. Khan Network have raised concerns globally. This paper provides an overview of Pakistan’s nuclear program, its regional/international cooperation, and key issues stirring international worry.
Pakistan claims Jammu and Kashmir based on its majority Muslim population, whereas China claims the Shaksam Valley and Aksai Chin. The Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict primarily between India and Pakistan, having started just after the partition of India in 1947. ... The present conflict is in Kashmir Valley
Foreign Policy
Aims of foreign policy of Pakistan
China and Pakistan’s Relations
Relationship’s History of Pakistan and America
India-Pakistan Relations
Kashmir Conflict
Pak-Afghan Relations
Case Study on Afghan Government VS TalibanKhesrau Hayat
Case study on Taliban and Aghan Government. The Taliban is a predominantly Pashtun, Islamic fundamentalist group that ruled Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when a U.S.-led invasion toppled the regime for providing refuge to al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden
Presentation on War on Terror in FATA, PakistanUroojilyas3
This presentation talks about the history of the war on terror in Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan. This Presentation helps with how to apply Conflict Profiling and do conflict analysis.
These slides elucidates two aspects: one that which explains the reasons of US involvement in Afghanistan, with historical insight; while the other one portrays the major stakes of US in Afghanistan with respect to the emerging power politics of the world and the logic behind its pro-long presence since Post-Cold War.
01062024_First India Newspaper Jaipur.pdfFIRST INDIA
Find Latest India News and Breaking News these days from India on Politics, Business, Entertainment, Technology, Sports, Lifestyle and Coronavirus News in India and the world over that you can't miss. For real time update Visit our social media handle. Read First India NewsPaper in your morning replace. Visit First India.
CLICK:- https://firstindia.co.in/
#First_India_NewsPaper
An astonishing, first-of-its-kind, report by the NYT assessing damage in Ukraine. Even if the war ends tomorrow, in many places there will be nothing to go back to.
03062024_First India Newspaper Jaipur.pdfFIRST INDIA
Find Latest India News and Breaking News these days from India on Politics, Business, Entertainment, Technology, Sports, Lifestyle and Coronavirus News in India and the world over that you can't miss. For real time update Visit our social media handle. Read First India NewsPaper in your morning replace. Visit First India.
CLICK:- https://firstindia.co.in/
#First_India_NewsPaper
‘वोटर्स विल मस्ट प्रीवेल’ (मतदाताओं को जीतना होगा) अभियान द्वारा जारी हेल्पलाइन नंबर, 4 जून को सुबह 7 बजे से दोपहर 12 बजे तक मतगणना प्रक्रिया में कहीं भी किसी भी तरह के उल्लंघन की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए खुला रहेगा।
हम आग्रह करते हैं कि जो भी सत्ता में आए, वह संविधान का पालन करे, उसकी रक्षा करे और उसे बनाए रखे।" प्रस्ताव में कुल तीन प्रमुख हस्तक्षेप और उनके तंत्र भी प्रस्तुत किए गए। पहला हस्तक्षेप स्वतंत्र मीडिया को प्रोत्साहित करके, वास्तविकता पर आधारित काउंटर नैरेटिव का निर्माण करके और सत्तारूढ़ सरकार द्वारा नियोजित मनोवैज्ञानिक हेरफेर की रणनीति का मुकाबला करके लोगों द्वारा निर्धारित कथा को बनाए रखना और उस पर कार्यकरना था।
31052024_First India Newspaper Jaipur.pdfFIRST INDIA
Find Latest India News and Breaking News these days from India on Politics, Business, Entertainment, Technology, Sports, Lifestyle and Coronavirus News in India and the world over that you can't miss. For real time update Visit our social media handle. Read First India NewsPaper in your morning replace. Visit First India.
CLICK:- https://firstindia.co.in/
#First_India_NewsPaper
In a May 9, 2024 paper, Juri Opitz from the University of Zurich, along with Shira Wein and Nathan Schneider form Georgetown University, discussed the importance of linguistic expertise in natural language processing (NLP) in an era dominated by large language models (LLMs).
The authors explained that while machine translation (MT) previously relied heavily on linguists, the landscape has shifted. “Linguistics is no longer front and center in the way we build NLP systems,” they said. With the emergence of LLMs, which can generate fluent text without the need for specialized modules to handle grammar or semantic coherence, the need for linguistic expertise in NLP is being questioned.
2. September 11, 2001. Al Qaeda forces of Bin Laden
attack the United States
United States and her allies declare war on terrorism.
Taliban Government driven into hiding, many Taliban
and Al Quaeda forces killed or captured by the United
States and her allies.
The Taliban grip on Afghanistan and support for Bin
Laden has ended.
The War on Terrorism continues…
3. 3
• Afghanistan has a long history of battles and wars
and usually called the graveyard of empires
First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842)
8. 8
Original legal foundation for
international intervention:
Security Council Resolution 1386
(2001), 20 December 2001
1. Authorizes, as envisaged in … the Bonn Agreement, the
establishment … of an International Security Assistance
Force to assist the Afghan Interim Authority in the
maintenance of security in Kabul and its surrounding areas …;
2. Calls upon Member States to contribute personnel,
equipment and other resources to the International Security
Assistance Force, and invites those Member States to inform
the leadership of the Force and the Secretary-General;
3. Authorizes the Member States participating in the
International Security Assistance Force to take all necessary
measures to fulfil its mandate;
9. 9
Main players
• Government and coalition forces
– Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
– US
– NATO plus
– UN
• Anti-government forces:
– Taliban
– Tribal/militia leaders/warlords
– Al Qaeda
10. 10
Afghanistan government and UN-authorised
coalition
• Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
– Afghan National Army (ANA)
– Afghan National Police (ANP)
– supporting militia/warlord groups
• International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
– NATO command
• Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan
– US Afghanistan combat operation structure for Global war
on Terror
• United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
(UNAMA)
14. 14
Afghanistan: anti-government forces:
Taliban
• Pakistan origin during anti-Soviet war
• US and Pakistani intelligence role in creation
• Pakistani military interest in maintaining Afghan
unrest
• ethnically- and class-inflected Sunni Islamism
– Pashtun ethnic dominance
• regional variations
• not a single united body, or equivalent to pre-invasion
government
• Mullah Omar, leader (at least in south)
• overlaps with Taliban in Pakistan but not identical
16. 16
Afghanistan: anti-government forces:
Militia leaders/“warlords”
• regional/clan/tribal-based patron-client relationships
– fusion of “feudal”/pre-modern relations and “modern” social and
political relationships
• Haqqani Network
– Jalauddin Haqqani
• Claimed responsibility for Kabul bombing this week
• Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddun
– Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
• former PM
• Deeply opposed to foreign intervention
• “warlords” on both sides
• shifting loyalties and finances
• central to current presidential elections
17. 17
Afghanistan: anti-government forces:
Al Qaeda
• Saudi- Egyptian-originated Sunni Salafi international
militia group
• November 2001 invasion immediately destroyed
training camps, displaced AQ activists to Pakistan,
reduced AQ capacity, increased tensions with hosts
• key leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-
Zawahiri still at large, presumably in Pakistan
• core AQ international combat reach doubtful; limited
Afghanistan combat role
• effective “franchising” of AQ through loose
international networks continues
– differentiation and development of loosely related networks
– mega-terrorism threat continues
• Taliban distancing themselves
20. 20
“Pashtunistan” and the spill-over of
the war into Pakistan
• Afghanistan and Pakistan both ethnically mixed
• structure/border legacies of colonial formation as
nation-states
• key Pashtun ethnic group cross-border relations:
hence “Pashtunistan”
– largest single group in Afghanistan; southern and eastern
concentrations
– dominant in western border provinces of Pakistan
• emerging US perception of a cross-border war
against Pashtunistan: hence “AfPak War”
21. 21
Pakistan: the nuclear-armed Islamic
“acronym” state
• origins (with Bangladesh till 1970) in the partition of
British India as “a home for Indian Muslims”
• Punjab, Afghan border states, Kashmir, Sind and
Baluchistan
• uneven and unequal economic structure
• US ally in Cold War and GWOT
• succession of military dictatorships and unstable
civilian governments retaining strong military
influence
• perceived enduring hostility and military imbalance
with India justified development of nuclear weapons
22. Pakistan: what comes after the
destabilisation of wobbly equilibrium?
• “acronym state” barely held together: substantial
economic problems exacerbated by conflict and
climate change
• enduring separatist insurgency in Baluchistan
• North-West Frontier Province and FATA (Federally-
Administered Tribal Areas) = former colonial buffer
regions; Pashtun cross-border links
• socially, politically and economically distinct
• effective long-running live-and let-live informal
“contract for regional autonomy broken by rise of
Taliban in Pakistan and US intervention and demand
for Pakistani central intervention
22
24. International community: the
neighbourhood
• Central Asia: the former Soviet “-stans”, and the
contest for hydrocarbons and regional influence
• supply routes for the war
• Iran: refugees, pipelines, Sunni-Shia
• India: Pakistani terrorism, nuclear issues, and
Kashmir
• China: Pakistan connections, Central Asia initiatives,
warm-water ports, and fear of Islamist contagion
• Baluchistan separatism as a constant
24
25. International community: the allies
• US and NATO and NATO partners
• levels of commitment: numbers and arguments about
25
“rules of engagement”
• shifting rationales for intervention - and progress:
– democracy
– drugs
– terrorism
• What are western interests? What are coalition
goals? What counts as victory?
• the UN and the war: UNSC resolutions as global law?
• war weariness, coalition strains and alliance
maintenance
26. 26
International community and the
management of conflict: paths
• coalition strategic options
• the question of time
• return of colonialism in UN/coalition form?
• possible foundations of Afghan peace
– no ideological impediments
– shared social links and identity
– experience of local truces and desire for
negotiations
– can the coalition be an honest broker?
– does dealing with “the Taliban” = return of
international terrorist base
• the Pakistan conundrum
27. 27
Presidential elections August 2009 -
collapse of Karzai international
support
• incumbent Hamid Karzai won; against Abdullah
Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani
• UN and coalition recognition of massive fraud by
Karzai
• Opponents decided to not contest planned run-off
• deal-making with warlords and controllers of block
votes
• ethnic/regional issues
• US and Australian interests
• Afghanistan and political date of allied coalition
governments: Netherlands, …?
Editor's Notes
Source: The Afghan-Pakistan War: Developments in NATO/ISAF and US Forces
Anthony H. Cordesman, CSIS, April 12, 2009
Source: The Afghan-Pakistan War: Developments in NATO/ISAF and US Forces
Anthony H. Cordesman, CSIS, April 12, 2009