Articles By Manish Rai
Pakistani Taliban a Cause of Concern For Islamabad
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Oct , 2021
The attacks carried out by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) aka Pakistan Taliban have increased to the highest level in over four years as the US left Afghanistan and the Afghan Taliban took...
Tough Road Ahead for Taliban
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Sep , 2021
The Taliban after much wait has announced its 33-member interim cabinet. This new government is exclusively Taliban, and almost all the ministers are of Pashtun ethnicity. Women have no positions...
Why Afghan Forces Melted So Quickly?
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Aug , 2021
The Taliban now control almost the whole of Afghanistan including the capital city, Kabul, almost two decades since they were driven out by US troops. It was widely expected that after the United...
National Mobilizations Will Push Back Taliban: General Ata Mohammad Noor
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Jul , 2021
General Ata Mohammad Noor, Leader of Jamiat-e Islami Afghanistan and the Former Governor of Balkh Province have been the most important strongman and commander in North Afghanistan. Currently,...
Palestinian Islamic Jihad turned out to be a Dark Horse
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Jun , 2021
Fresh round of escalation between Israel and armed groups from Gaza has just completed. In this round, thousands of rockets are being fired towards Israeli cities and Israel Defence Forces (IDF)...
Still After Two Decades Afghan Forces Struggling
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Apr , 2021
US President Joe Biden has announced plans to pull out all United States troops from Afghanistan by September 11, ending the longest war in American history. In Kabul, many fear that Afghan...
Hezbollah is a Part of the Problem for Lebanon
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Mar , 2021
Lebanon is grappling with a severe crisis since the end of its civil war in 1990. The country’s economy and governance have literally come to a standstill. As politicians fail to form a...
Core Concepts of Taliban’s Islamic Emirate has not Changed
By: Manish Rai | Date: 16 Mar , 2021
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which was the official name of the Taliban regime before being deposed by the United States in late 2001. The Taliban has always insisted on calling itself the...
Qatar came out with Flying Colours
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Feb , 2021
When the Saudi crown prince, together with the UAE ruler, Mohammed bin Zayed, moved against Qatar in late 2017, the charge sheet against the tiny Gulf state was long. They, along with Bahrain and...
India’s Challenges in Middle East
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Jan , 2021
Energy security has long been a concern for India, a global giant in oil consumption. The fuel demands are growing fast in proportion to its rapid economic development. Oil and natural gas are...
Yemen Government has Tough Road Ahead
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Jan , 2021
Multiple explosions rocked the Aden International airport shortly after an aircraft landed carrying the newly formed cabinet of the country’s Saudi-backed government. Dozens of casualties were...
Islamic State in Afghanistan is a Major Threat
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Dec , 2020
Islamic State claimed responsibility for some major attacks in Afghanistan, carried out recently, including the one in the campus of Kabul University and rocket attacks in the capital Kabul. The...
Erdogan’s Proxy Army a Ticking Time Bomb
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Nov , 2020
The recent Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has clearly illustrated that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not hesitating at all in deploying his Jihadist brigade anywhere to promote his...
Won’t Allow Any Foreign Group to Interfere in Afghanistan: Taliban
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Oct , 2020
Dr Muhammad Naeem Wardak is the Spokesperson for Taliban political office in Doha. Political talks are undergoing between Afghan government and Taliban at Doha but on the other hand, intense...
Pakistani Taliban Pushing for Come Back
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Oct , 2020
It was believed from sometimes now that Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) aka Pakistani Taliban has been marginalized and in disarray. As Pakistan’s army operations back in 2014 had ousted the...
Erdogan: An Aspiring Caliph
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Aug , 2020
Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is working hard on both domestic and international fronts to advance his grand design of reviving an Islamic caliphate under his rule. It is now no secret...
Libya Conflict: Sirte-Jufra Will be a Flashpoint
By: Manish Rai | Date: 27 Jul , 2020
Turks are increasing their military involvement in Libya with each passing day in support of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Fayez Al Saraj. GNA now backed by the...
Yemen Torn Apart from Another Strife
By: Manish Rai | Date: 02 May , 2020
Yemen’s leading Southern separatist group Southern Transition Council (STC) has declared self-rule and state of emergency in the areas under their control, including the port city of Aden. This...
Balochistan: Pakistan’s Hidden Shame
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Mar , 2020
Balochistan is Pakistan’s largest province in terms of area though it has a population of just around 12 million. If we put this in numbers Balochistan is approximately 44% of the country’s...
India Should not Panic about Afghanistan
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Mar , 2020
United States and Taliban have entered into an agreement in Qatari capital Doha which will pave way for US forces to leave war torn Afghanistan. Under the Doha agreement, the US has committed to...