Kashif Hussain

Kashif Hussain holds M.Phil Degree in International Relations from Quaid i Azam University Islamabad. He is currently serving as Research Associate at Strategic Studies Institute Islamabad (SSII).

Spoiler Alert: What Does President Ghani Want?

President Ashraf Ghani has rejected a key postulate of the signed US-Taliban peace agreement, which would help kickstart the implementation of the accord. Ghani...

Kashmir and Afghanistan: Pakistan’s Choices and Options

India’s unilateral and illegal decision to annex Kashmir has immediate, medium and long term motives, and interestingly, all its objectives are directly or indirectly...

India-Pakistan Standoff: Prospects for Escalation and De-escalation

After more than a month has passed since the dog fight over Kashmir between Pakistan and India the latter claimed that the former is...

What’s Wrong With the Afghan Peace Process?

The United States has been struggling to stablise Afghanistan for the last eighteen years and is currently looking to withdraw its forces from the...

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