Complaints of law enforcement on April 6, 2015The law is enforced in social and cultural ways to protect citizens and national critical infrastructure, and to prevent crimes. As law enforcement is a societal function necessary for internal stability, society exercises a form of social control of behaviour through the process of law enforcement. In the UK, the law is enforced through CCTV […]
Afghanistan: a vanishing state on March 30, 2015Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is in trouble. His Washington visit failed due to the US’s reluctance to continue funding and training the Afghan security forces, which are mostly against the US and NATO presence in Afghanistan. The army, in the past, has killed numerous US partners including a major general in green on blue attacks. As […]
Countering Russian intelligence in the UK on March 23, 2015The current war of interests in Ukraine is prompting many problems between Russia and the UK. Britain, which is one of the guarantors of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, is being heavily criticised for its flawed approach to the expanding flare-ups along Europe’s borders. In the Euro-committee of the House of Lords, the Cameron administration […]
Do not spy on us please! on March 2, 2015The US and UK are under severe criticism from domestic and international privacy and human rights groups on their pushy methods of intelligence surveillance and spying on their own citizens. The CIA, National Security Agency (NSA) and Government Communications Headquarters’ (GCHQ’s) recent way of interception communication havebeen deeplyirksome to families and business communities in theUK. […]
Af-Pak rapprochement: a reluctant love story on February 23, 2015The rise of Russia as a modern military and economic power, and its growing popularity in the Middle East and South Asia,has forced the US and its NATO allies to review their strategic priorities in South Asia. The US is in deep water due to its inconstant policiesand its military behaviour with the small and […]
Civil-military relations in Afghanistan on February 16, 2015Afghanistan has become embroiled in a multifaceted crisis. The relationship between the unity government and the Afghan national army is in strain due to the president’s confused political and military approach towards neighbours. The unity government is moving one step forward and two steps back. The level of corruption within parliament, ministries and law enforcement […]
Military courts and our politicians s on February 12, 2015The year 2015 began with the cabinet-less journey of the unity government in Afghanistan, where the internal security crisis has deeply impacted the normal lives of citizens. The Afghan National Army also faces tough resistance from Taliban insurgents and private militias. The journey became ostensibly more disappointing when international partners declined to further invest in […]
The Taliban are not terrorists on February 2, 2015During the last 13 years, the US, NATO and ISAF deceived all their partners, including Afghanistan and Pakistan, about the real motive behind the war against terrorism in Afghanistan. The US toppled the Taliban government, invaded the country and declared war against terrorism. We were told they had come to eliminate the Taliban and al […]
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Afghanistan on January 19, 2015Afghanistan’s former minister of water and power Ismail Khan warned that the signs of civil war in some provinces are seen as more dangerous than the Taliban era of the 1990s. He regretted that the inconsistent resolve of the unity government was pushing the country towards instability and anarchy. On the issue of political representation, […]
The politics of intelligence in Afghanistan on January 5, 2015Everyday we read controversial statements in newspapers and on our television screens in which Afghan intelligence chiefs act like politicians instead of being professional intelligence managers. This kind of behaviour by National Directorate of Security (NDS) chiefs shows that the agency has become deeply politicised during the last 13 years’ war against terrorism. From 2002 […]