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Amid rising anti-#US+#EU rhetoric in #Pakistan post-#Ukraine invasion & PM's #Russia visit, it is important to refocus on rising terror incidents in the country and the linkages to #Afghanistan #Iran and #India and the easily exploitable local actors. /1
The waves of organized terrorism in Pakistan since 1980s and through 2000s have been linked to elements in #Afghanistan. It accelerated with the #India-#Iran nexus in that country. Made easier by local extremism, easy & gullible Pakistani recruits, and regional sponsors. /2
#Peshawar mosque carnage targeting Pakistani Shia Muslims is particularly worth a closer look. It indirectly targeted the #Australia cricket team visit after 23 yrs and tried to revive sectarian conflict. Both objectives have wider linkages to #India #Iran #Afghanistan /3
#Chabahar port in #Iran, with #India's investment, is a strange story. President #Trump reluctantly excluded it from #US sanctions, and it is the only #Indian-run port #Pakistan signed a sister-city agreement with. Some interesting updates. /1
31 Jan 2021: #Indian delegation in #Chabahar.
2 Feb: #Iran defense minister in #India.
3 Feb: #IRGC claims a cross-border strike.
Blackout on these stories in #Pakistan, part of the self-styled censorship on any news related to #Iran.
They laugh at us in #Iraq & #Azerbaijan.
2 Feb: #Iran defense minister in #India.
3 Feb: #IRGC claims a cross-border strike.
Blackout on these stories in #Pakistan, part of the self-styled censorship on any news related to #Iran.
They laugh at us in #Iraq & #Azerbaijan.
#Pakistan has a sister city agreement with #India's port in #Chabahar. Pak strategic experts (incl retd diplomats/officers/academics) routinely float theories on joining a anti-#US bloc based on #CPEC & #Iran. But total blackout in our media on this:
Self-imposed censorship in Pakistani think tanks & media on important #Iran-related stories that directly impact national security means such stories can be published in #Turkey #Afghanistan or #Iraq or #Azerbaijan, but not in #Pakistan.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit A:
The massacre of 11 miners in #Balochistan is more of a 'strategic act' than sectarianism. Terrorism in Balochistan cannot be completely controlled without addressing the wider roles of #India & #Iran in #Afghanistan. /1
#thread
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Many analysts see #hazaragenocide & #Shiagenocide in #Balochistan as part of a local sectarianism problem inside #Pakistan or regionally linked to #Iran & #KSA tussle. But it could have more to do with #Afghanistan than Pakistan or the #Gulf. /2
To understand why #Balochistan incident (incl #Hazara/#Shia attacks) may not necessarily be sectarianism and more an offshoot of a bigger strategic problem, consider this #Ashura attack in #Karachi, which was not sectarian: /3
shiitenews.org/shiitenews/pak… & jasarat.com/en/2016/03/07/…
shiitenews.org/shiitenews/pak… & jasarat.com/en/2016/03/07/…
@S_Akbarzadeh and my view about the #ChinaIranDeal
via @MiddleEastInst. A few takeaways. #Thread
1/5 The cooperation document includes significant energy and infrastructure projects vital for Iran’s development and future of oil export.
mei.edu/publications/i…
#Iran #China
via @MiddleEastInst. A few takeaways. #Thread
1/5 The cooperation document includes significant energy and infrastructure projects vital for Iran’s development and future of oil export.
mei.edu/publications/i…
#Iran #China
2/5 This includes South-North corridor (#Chabahar-Central Asia), South-West corridor (Chabahar and Bandar Abbas-Turkey and Azerbaijan), and the Pakistan-Iran-Iraq-Syria “pilgrimage railroad”. Notable also: Iran's “active participation” in #BeltandRoad.
3/5 The most alarming aspect relates to cooperation in #telecommunication sector. It is going to provide Iran with know-how and equipment to enable its full decoupling from the global internet and form the dreaded National Information Network, similar to #ChinaGreatFirewall.
آپ پاکستان کے وزیر خارجہ ہیں یا بھارت کے اور یہ بتائیے کہ کیا تحریک انصاف نے #سی_پیک کو سبوتاژ نہیں کیا ؟ یاد دلاؤں
India faced expulsion from Iran's Chabahar project due to its wrong policies: FM Qureshi dawn.com/news/1570703
#Chabahar #India #CPEC #OBOR
India faced expulsion from Iran's Chabahar project due to its wrong policies: FM Qureshi dawn.com/news/1570703
#Chabahar #India #CPEC #OBOR
Pray tell, are you #Pakistan ‘s Foreign Minister or #India ? Should I remind you as to how several PTI Ministers sabotaged #CPEC in #Pakistan !
India faced expulsion from Iran's Chabahar project due to its wrong policies: FM Qureshi dawn.com/news/1570703
India faced expulsion from Iran's Chabahar project due to its wrong policies: FM Qureshi dawn.com/news/1570703
#BREAKING: I just heard a report about accident in 2nd Maritime Area of #Iranian Navy in #Oman Sea. #IRIN's Jamaran (76) Moudge-class frigate fired a C-802 Noor anti-ship missile at #IRIN's Konarak general purpose tender killing its 30 sailors & sinking it near #Jask few hrs ago!
Unfortunately the rumors about this accident are true. Tens of Iranian fishers have rushed to the sea to save the surviving sailors of #Iran Navy's Konarak General Purpose Tender. Video released now shows two injured sailor recovered by local fishers from sea.
