Former Diplomat, Foreign Affairs commentator. 8 Books-3 fiction, 5 nonfiction including Durand's Curse (VoW Best nonfiction book award). New book: AUTOCRATS
#WhereBordersBleed
BBC says it is covering the situation impartially & accurately. But its reporters are human too. It might recall that it had to withdraw David Lyon from Kashmir for partial & inaccurate reporting.
The German foreign minister is taking interest in other people's affairs.
In that spirit
@ABaerbock
should set a good example in foreign relations by repaying trillions of dollars in reparations for German war crimes in Poland during second world war.
After Hiroshima, a terrified world said "Never Again"
Yet, Putin & Biden are moving towards an escalatory ladder.
Time for both to step back & heed PM Modi's advice, "This is not the era for war".
Give diplomacy a chance.
Khalilzad's consistency is remarkable. Every time ISI sponsors a terror attack in Afghanistan Khalilzad rushes to its defence by adding a needless S to ISI.
The USG has assessed ISIS-K conducted the horrific attacks on a maternity ward and a funeral earlier this week in Afghanistan. ISIS has demonstrated a pattern for favoring these types of heinous attacks against civilians and is a threat to the Afghan people and to the world.
China’s Rocket Force has 100,000 men, 200 ICBMs, 300 medium-range ballistic missiles, 1,150 short-range ballistic missiles and 3,000 cruise missiles-plus many more with other units to outclass USA
Jinnah Institute of Pakistan multi-tasks.
It co-sponsors Track 2 dialogue
It takes the lead on anti-India Kashmir propaganda.
And it is financed by ISI as per this report;
#Pakistan
should appoint a Special Envoy for
#Kashmir
, someone with international stature commanding confidence of all political parties. Special Envoy should be given status of cabinet minister to demonstrate Pak’s seriousness & resolve.
#BlackDay15August
#WhereBordersBleed
makes the point; 'Section 3 of State Constitution that came into effect from 26/1/1957 says, ‘The State of J&K is and shall be an integral part of Union of India’. Section 147 says that this Section is not amenable" Intersting read;
Had Indian security forces killed a terrorist at point blank range instead of arresting him, Western press would have cried 'Bloody Murder' & accused India of ignoring human rights of terrorists.
Watch this video... via
@YouTube
Preachy in its content, threatening in its tone
@LisaCurtisDC
does her reputation a disservice by an uncharacteristically undiplomatic article restricting India's foreign policy choices to just the US;
"Imran Khan said he believed suicide bombers, according to rules of 'Geneva Convention', had the right to blow themselves up. Here..was a man who had dealt so little in ideas that every idea he had now struck him as a good one" - via
@VanityFair
What super news! Hamid Ansari, the Indian prisoner in Pak jail for straying into that country, is being released tomorrow.let not innocents be caught in Indo Pak crossfire! Next step: release all fishermen in each other’s jails! Thank you
@ImranKhanPTI
for listening to a mother!
I am responding to
@CJBdingo25
's point ;
"If India has evidence that Canada ignored this claim that their soil was being used for terrorist training that will change everything"
"Cold Terror" a book by Canadian journalist "Stewart Bell" has all the evidence & info on it
If India has evidence that Canada ignored this claim that their soil was being used for terrorist training that will change everything. The argument will be in India's favour.
If Canada is ignoring evidence of terror training for political reasons. An
Strange are ways of US-Pakistan bromance.
Just when people thought the ties were strained, Pakistan agreed to supply arms to Ukraine.
In this cosy arrangement, Pakistan got $900 mn from US.
Plus, the US pressured IMF to give $6 bn loan to Pak;
A pity that 2017 should end on such a tragic note for India. Last week a Major & 4 (of them 1 to sniper shot) Jawans were killed. Today,1 Army Jawan & 4 CRPF Jawans lost their lives.
Well conducted discussion by
@gauravcsawant
where everyone contributed constructively. Given multiple and increasing threats from Pakistan, it is time for India to shed hesitations & start at least with steps like withdrawing MFN status to Pakistan
Time for India to withdraw
#MFN
status & unilaterally declare Pak Terror State? Heated debate on
#IndiaFirst
with Gen Bikram Singh
@AmbRajivDogra
@SinghRPN
&
@sambitswaraj
. India is bleeding at the hands of Pak terror, India must take unilateral steps & let the world follow
#WhereBordersBleed
For once you are almost right
@jeremycorbyne
UN resolution demanded that Pakistan should withdraw its forces from POK, so that India could provide security there. Please get Pakistan to follow your wish.
The situation in Kashmir is deeply disturbing. Human rights abuses taking place are unacceptable. The rights of the Kashmiri people must be respected and UN resolutions implemented.
Just finished watching stunningly powerful programme on
@IndiaToday
about Kargil.
@gauravcsawant
brings alive the drama and tension of the time. Hope kargil lessons have been learnt by us, so that our officers & jawans don't have to sacrifice lives again.
Friends war is a two way street. There will be gains and there will be losses. These are just the opening rounds. No need to jump up in glee at success or be dismayed after setbacks. Indian Armed Forces have the capacity and the capability. We shall prevail.
#DurandsCurse
As the message set in stone says; it is the 'limit' (of influence) of British India, not its 'border.' That indeed is he point that haunts Pashtuns.
Typical of Pakistan to have acted dirty.
Despite all that India has done for it, Pakistan denies overflight passage to Indian plane carrying relief material to Turkey.
Time we revoked Indus Waters Treaty
Some of our TV warriors (some anchors as well) are commenting as if they are combatants.
This hype is misleading.
There is huge disinformation campaign by combating countries and by west.
A sobering down will keep Indian public better informed
#DurandsCurse
History will judge Khalilzad a bigger traitor to Afghan cause than Mortimer Durand with his infamous line.
Khalilzad may have been responsible for countless Afghan deaths by engaging & encouraging Taliban in the way he did for personal glory.
Pakistan's army spokesman got his bed tea early & came out all guns blazing. Is there any other example in the world where a mid level army soldier harangues the country's media so sharply & shabbily?
Good of
@ShivAroor
&
@rahulsinghx
to have painstakingly done the research & brought out yet another chapter of Chinese gore.
In 1962 too they had tortured Indian POWs, including by clawing out one by one the finger nails of some.
In Galwan, Army medic Naik Deepak Singh, 30, who treated & saved the lives of wounded Chinese soldiers, was abducted by the PLA to treat more of them & then killed: new first-hand details of the 2020 clash in Ladakh.
Front page piece on
#IndiasMostFearless
3 in
@HindustanTimes
.
#WATCH
- I have spoken with Foreign Minister S Jaishankar a number of times about this. Chinese took incredibly aggressive actions and Indians have done their best to respond to that: Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State on India-China border tensions
Over the last 50 years, US bent over backwards to cater to every Chinese whim & demand. By thus being compliant US has ensured China becomes a rival super power.
In contrast, US demands too much and gives very little to India.
Hudson's
@Aparna_Pande
warns that
#India
’s refusal to stop purchasing Russian oil and military equipment has irritated relations with the US and has the potential to limit future cooperation.
Well argued paper for modification of Indus Waters Treaty by
@sushantsareen
-"no treaty lasts in perpetuity."
My book "Where Borders Bleed" details US/WB pressure that led to treaty & explains how & why it must be reshaped.
Marc Miller, Canada's Minister for immigration & Citizenship is a confused man
Either that or he shows absolute incompetence at fudging.
One day he says Nijjar got Canadian citizensip in 2015 & next day says it was 2007.
But he does not say why a terrorist was given citizenship!
Mr. Nijjar became a Canadian citizen on May 25, 2007, earlier than I stated below. The error in dates is my responsibility to assume. Again, nothing justifies the killing of Mr. Nijjar.
When nation is mourning loss of 3 brave officers, why must TV give propaganda space to the likes of Abdul Basit?
Sadly, Basit's aggressive attitude is not even countered effectively.
Is there another example in world where victim country allows the accused country media space?
#DurandsCurse
Even if Pashtuns don't consider him a Pathan, the first historical wrong that must be set right in Imran Khan's 'Map Making' is to obliterate Durand Line.
Pakistan's map should exclude Pashtun areas that rightfully belong to Afghanistan.
Pak PM
@ImranKhanPTI
's bizarre rant. Pakistan has incorporated
#Kashmir
in Pakistan map.70 years of Pakistan sham of self determination of people of J&K thrown out of window. Pakistan's cartographic aggression reflects its utter & total failure both militarily & thru state terror
We are the one who took this initiative and it's going to be one way traffic. It's up to India whether it wants to trust us or not, says Pakistani Defence Expert Sultan Hali on Kartarpur corridor
#IndiaFirst
#WarOverKartarpur
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Was Imran Khan used by Gen Bajwa to fix predecessor Gen Kayani & ISI chief Pasha for passing on info on bin Ladan to USA? Next, they should reveal who got what share of $25 mm prize money.
Interesting that US NSA Sullivan travelled to Geneva to meet newly appointed Pakistan NSA Yusuf.
Urgency seems to be on the American side.
Pakistan is unlikely not to demand its price-& not just in monetary terms,
@gauravcsawant
Pampering/sheltering radicals has its costs.
@JustinTrudeau
would no doubt recall Hillary Clinton's words that "Those who keep snakes in their backyard get bitten by them."
In a litany of Pakistani failures on Kashmir issue, Amb Abdul Basit does not spare Imran Khan; "using Kashmir for personal aggrandizement is a curse that continues to hobble our capacity to come up with coherent and effective policy responses"
Credit is due to Afghan security for eliminating terrorists quickly in a difficult (26/11 like) situation, as also for producing evidence equally early about Pakistan's complicity in attack.
@Nambitiger1
Qatari Air Force Chief was in awe as he showed me video recording of the Mirage landings by your group when these aircrafts were being brought to India
@IndiaToday
@gauravcsawant
Because it has huge economic issues, Pakistan is diverting its people with stunts like wasting everyone's time for 30 mins tomorrow.
But will Imran provoke India by making faded cricket stars cross LOC?
Late eighties. I happened to be in Kabul on Eid day. Like now, then too the Presidential compound was struck by missiles as President Najibullah was at prayers. Eerie coincidence.
Canada's Justin Trudeau stoops to a new low for a few more Khalistani votes.
Instead of mud-slinging at India, he should stop pampering & protecting Khalistani terrorists & other criminals who order killings in India
This Qatari decision defies international law & practice.
As against this brutal verdict against 8 Indian navy personnel employed by an Omani firm, Qatar allowed the Omani head of that firm to return to Muscat.
@gauravcsawant
This is only to be expected when people accept Track 2 hospitality in Thailand from Jinnah Institute of Pakistan, which as this report says, gets funds from the ISI;
As a student of history I used to wonder how anyone could be a Jaichand, Ambhi or Mir Jaffar & collude with outsiders against fellow countrymen but when I see Pak terror apologists in our country today, I realise every generation has it's Jaichands & Mir Jaffars
Is Pakistani Bomb in safe hands?
The ease with which mobs broke into Army Hqrs and set fire to an Army General's house raises serious questions.
Next time it may be Nuke assets.
I discuss issue in my book WARTIME where experts say nuke use in war could mean a billion deaths.
@SecPompeo
.
@SecPompeo
: "Here’s our take on what steps by the Taliban will make this agreement a success. First, keep your promises to cut ties with al-Qaeda & other terrorists, keep up the fight to defeat ISIS...and dedicate yourselves to continue reductions (in violence).
Is it just coincidence that;
.Imran Khan made series of tweets/statements accusing India of genocide before Trump's visit
.He goes silent during Trump's stay
.The day after visit Imran goes ballistic again
Did Imran want riots during Trump's visit?
If
@TreyYingst
is saying situation in Israel is very bad, it must be terrible.
Big surprise is the failure of Israeli intelligence to anticipate the invasion by Hamas & its scale
The conflict is likely to last a while & could involve Hizbullah
"Hamas leaders in Qatar & elsewhere should start *looking over their shoulder."'
Forceful statement by Israel's Amb
@NaorGilon
@JustinTrudeau
is unlikely to keep silent on this
No question of ceasefire or pause in operations against
#Hamas
at
#Gaza
: Amb
@NaorGilon
, Israel's Ambassador to India tells me on
@IndiaToday
.
Israel will not repeat past mistakes & let Hamas survive. Hamas leaders in Qatar & elsewhere should start *looking over their shoulder.*
The fascist, Hindu Supremacist Modi Govt should know that while armies, militants & terrorists can be defeated by superior forces; history tells us that when a nation unites in a freedom struggle & does not fear death, no force can stop it from achieving its goal.
ISI was given an extra budgetary grant of Rs 4.5 billion (over $40 million) for a "Special Assignment."
Which Country or Individual was the target of this "Special Assignment?"
I am sure media hawks can puzzle it out;
Enjoyed participating in a reasoned, balanced debate with a Pakistani Journalist Arzoo Kazmi in the Desh ka Gaurav show on Tez hosted by
@gauravcsawant
From Imran Khan's 'nuclear engagement' to Qureshi's 'conditional talks', Pakistan covers a lot of ground in 1 day.
There would be many more Pakistani somersaults before UNGA; all equally insincere, all aimed at international attention.
"there is a strange, inexplicable reluctance to confront & stand upto bully on the block..when world is vociferous in its criticism of China, India maintains a coy silence"
@kanchangupta
argues well in favour of hard choice;
#HaryanaCliffhanger
: BJP leading in 40. Cong in 29. JJP in 10. Breaking on
@IndiaToday
: Dushyant Chautala sends feelers to Congress. Does a HD Kumaraswamy: Make me CM. BJP too sends feelers to Dushyant. (
@IndiaToday
-Axis My India Exit Polls get it right again).
@rahulkanwal
"Pakistani military..will continue to export jihad to neighboring countries, particularly in Indian state of Kashmir, but perhaps also elsewhere" This& much more in well reasoned read by
@thomasjoscelyn
and
@billroggio
)
"Der Siegel reported the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) warned the German government there would be attacks on Nord Stream gas pipelines weeks ahead of any incident being reported around the pipelines";
Britain's 'The Guardian' puts on a preachy editorial hat to didactically declare,
"regardless of who killed Nijjar, India is on a trajectory that makes partnership with western democracies much more difficult"
@guardian
Contrast the comments of the two on Musharraf & Benazir (Durrani's nuanced hints are particularly interesting). It shows how little we understand Pakistan & its political dynamics;
Adrian Levy & Cathy Scott's book on ISI & R&AW betrays a bias in favour of ISI.
Or else, how can they give a certificate of innocence to ISI on 26/11.
There are many more such in the book.
Strange logic.
Pompeo says, Putin wants to do American people harm.
If that is so why doesn't the US take on Russia itself.
Why is it putting Ukrainians to slaughter?
"U.S. goal should continue to be persuade India ...to hasten its military modernization & increase interoperability of military equipment in India’s use with American (& allied) systems"
The suggestion in this being buy more from US!!