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Trump cancels secretly planned Camp David meetings on Afghan peace deal
President Donald Trump Saturday said he has canceled meetings with the Afghan Taliban and President Ashraf Ghani that were secretly scheduled for Sunday in Washington before announcement of a peace agreement toward ending the longest running...Sep 8, 2019 654 0 -
Trump-Khan meeting will be a win-win for US, Pakistan: Sajid Tarar
Sajid Tarar, a Pakistani-American close to the Trump White House, believes that the July 22 meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Imran Khan would be a breakthrough moment toward mutually beneficial US-Pakistan relations. Tarar,...Jul 18, 2019 2777 0 -
Most Americans, veterans say Afghanistan, Iraq wars were not worth fighting- Pew Survey
Close to two decades after the United States began costly wars in the broader Middle East, a new survey finds that most Americans feel Afghanistan and Iraq war were not worth fighting. A new Pew Research...Jul 13, 2019 698 1 -
Modi’s reelection heightens concerns over future of Indian Muslims
Jama Masjid Delhi, Image Credit: Shashwat_Nagpal/Wikimedia India has for centuries been one of the most diverse countries but Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reelection for another five-year term has raised questions about the future of the...May 24, 2019 806 0 -
Why Richard Lugar’s argument on enduring US-Pakistan ties holds relevance
The U.S.-Pakistan relations have gone through several ups and downs since 2012 – the year until when Senator Richard Lugar, who passed away on Sunday, was a leading voice on foreign policy discussions on the Hill....Apr 30, 2019 1145 0 -
U.S. steps up diplomacy to contain Pakistan-India crisis
President Trump may have come empty-handed from a meeting with North Korea leader over denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula but his administration is focused intently on containing a crisis between two South Asian nuclear powers Pakistan...Feb 28, 2019 763 0 -
What does the U.S. policy of retreat from Syria mean for the Middle East?
President Donald Trump’s sudden withdrawal of American troops from Syria – a battlefield of ideologies, great power influence and sectarian strife – has re-ignited the debate on repercussions of U.S. use of force in the Middle...Dec 20, 2018 1269 0 -
Sulayman Nyang’s enormous contribution to understanding of Islam
Image Credit: Dr. Sultan Chaudhry/www.sultandds.com When attorney-at-law and author Mowahid Hussain Shah invited me to attend his talk at Howard University a few years ago, I was excited to be part of the colloquium that would...Dec 11, 2018 1736 0 -
What Bush’s handling of the collapse of the iron curtain tells us
Featured Image President Reagan, VP Bush and Secretary General USSR Gorbachev Extracted from file on Wikimedia The passing away of president George H.W. Bush provides a moment of reflection on the 1989 momentous turn of the...Dec 3, 2018 1412 0 -
Syrian journalist symbolizing hope for democracy silenced with bullets
As Syria crumbled with countless deaths and destruction, Raed Fares, one of the few remaining figures of the 2011 Syrian movement for democracy, survived several attempts on his life to live as a symbol of resistance...Nov 26, 2018 5353 0