FJ Kashmir

inam ul rehman  Modern superpower nation states are Goliaths in structure but Davids in action. The USA exemplifies it. In an instant it kidnapped the head of state of Venezuela and brought him to American shores. In another blatant example along with the state of Israel, it assassinated the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei . No shaming or condemnation could stop its action. That is how nation states are built.  Both the US and Israeli states have been campaigning for the removal of Khamenei since 2009. Many street revolts against the regime change took place but were unable to dislodge him. The Assassination Aftermath Khamenei’s assassination, along with that a former president and many army officers, led Iran to retaliate. But against whom? What the US-Israel combo did was from the textbook of guerrilla warfare . Attack. Shoot. Kill. And leave for your bases.  The US is not on the ground. Israel is far from Iran. So, Iran’s anger is directed toward its ne...

  inam ul rehman A decade earlier there was a great hype given to “The road to stability in Pakistan and Afghanistan runs through the Valley of Kashmir .” It was a hyperbole then, and it proved so. Ever since the Taliban stormed Kabul and won it without a fight, most think tanks, intellectuals, analysts of the Indian state are wary that they will come to the disputed territory of Kashmir and wreak havoc! But why would the Taliban come to Kashmir?   What enmity does the Taliban have toward the state of India? What has the state of India done that the Taliban would cross the borders of Pakistan and start guerrilla war in Kashmir?   Of course, what prompts these speculations is the age-old trust deficit of India on the Islamic republic of Pakistan, and treating the Taliban as its proxy. While the former is a genuine concern the latter is a bloated view. The Taliban, in fact, most of the Afghans refuse to become proxies of anyone, and the former more so with its v...