By Arun Anand- This is seventh part of ‘The Taliban Story’. It is a 30 part series on Taliban that we bring to our readers. You can share your feedback at contact@thenationalistview.com. Here is the seventh part- In 1990s after …
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By Arun Anand The Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan in 1979 and its troops finally left the country after much bloodshed and devastation in 1989. During these 20 years different Mujahideen factions fought against the Russians. Even after the Soviet …
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By Arun Anand This is fifth of the 30 part series on ‘The Taliban Story’ that we are bringing to our readers. You can share the feedback at Contact@thenationalistview.com. Here is the fifth part: It is important to understand the …
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By Arun Anand- This multi-part series brings ‘The Taliban Story’ to our readers. You can share the feedback at Contact@thenationalistview.com. Here is the fourth part Haqqani Network/Nexus is a relatively unknown organization or network as compared to many other similar …
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By Arun Anand- This multi-part series brings ‘The Taliban Story’ to our readers. You can share the feedback at Contact@thenationalistview.com. Here is the third part One often hears the term ‘The Great Game’ when it comes to bloodshed, violence, and …
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By Arun Anand- This multi-part series brings ‘The Taliban Story’ to our readers. You can share the feedback at Contact@thenationalistview.com. Here is the second part During the 18th century, the Persian Safavid dynasty, Moghuls, and the Uzbek Janid dynasty, all …
By Arun Anand- This is first of the multi- part series on Taliban. This series would bring ‘The Taliban Story’ to our readers. You can share the feedback at Contact@thenationalistview.com. Here is the first part. Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist …
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By TNV Desk – Hindus in Pakistan continue to suffer persecution through misuse of blasphemy laws and forcible conversions. However, a recent local court’s order in one such case could become a landmark judgement in this context. Sufferings of Hindus …
By TNV Desk- Though Balochistan is a strategically important province to Pakistan which generates substantial revenue for the Pakistan government due to its high concentration of natural resources – including oil, coal, gold, copper and gas reserves, – and the …
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Arun Anand- One often hears the term ‘The Great Game’ when it comes to bloodshed, violence and powerplay by various countries and rival groups in Afghanistan. In fact Afghanistan has been used as a pawn in what looks an unending …
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Rohan Giri Pakistan’s armed forces run at least 50 commercial entities, including banks, bakeries, petrol pumps, schools, universities, food processing units, milk dairies, cement plants, insurance companies, and even restaurants and wedding halls! These businesses operate under five foundations: Fauji …
Arun Anand explains how a secret bio-weapon deal took place between India's two hostile neighbours China and Pakistan, a secret project which involves China testing biological agents outside its borders. And then India experiences an unexplained surge in Covid-19 cases puzzling scientists!