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Two decades and more than a trillion dollars later, the US has handed over Afghanistan to the same people it had ousted to take control. All the American investment in propping up the Kabul regime, backed by a 300,000-strong fully equipped and US-trained army, came to naught within a week of the Taliban’s lightening offensive.

Had the Americans not been so aghast at the way their Afghan project collapsed like a house of cards, they would have experienced a feeling of déjà vu. After all, they had faced a similar humiliation in Vietnam decades ago, and in various other military misadventures they have stumbled into ever since.

One thing common between all these global interventions, it seems, is the spectacular failures in which they have ended, and the dangerous instability they have spawned in their wake. Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, just to name a recent few, have bled in all respects as a result of America’s misplaced interventions. The birth of terror organisations like the Islamic State and Al Qaeda are by-products of America’s ideologically fuelled policies. Entire regions, and not just countries, have paid a steep price for these US follies.

To read more:

https://www.dawn.com/news/1641267/price-of-us-follies

Away from the hustle and bustle of cities like Karachi and Hyderabad, a small village in Sindh offers a haven of peace and serenity. A group of women tend to their livestock in a large courtyard, while others chase runaway hens under verdant tree cover. The scene makes for a calming spectacle, with coastal winds blowing at a moderate velocity.

It's early morning and the village men have already left for the fields or to take care of other chores in and outside the village. The women aren't resting, though. In fact, women’s contribution to such a rural area's economy is immense as they often work alongside men in the fields. Livestock rearing, for example, is considered their responsibility alone and serves as a major source of income.

Accustomed to conventional methods of cattle farming and trade, two of Izzat Lashari's female residents this year found a new way to get optimal returns for the livestock they nurture all year round: selling them online.

“We had uploaded pictures of our cattle on a page and we got a somewhat better response in terms of prospective buyers; in the past, we used to sell them at whatever price was offered by traders in our village,” Rubina explains. These traders, she says, in fact bought cattle from her and other village women and then sold them in the cities' larger cattle markets set up for sacrificial animals at higher prices.

Shaheen runs the page. She got connected with the online buyers using the cellphone numbers of her husband and uncle. “We will hopefully fare even better next year after learning from this year’s experience,” she says optimistically. But cattle is not their only product. For Rubina and Shaheen, the marketing opportunities on the World Wide Web are endless.

To read more:

https://www.dawn.com/news/1638399/bovines-for-esale-how-sindhs-rural-women-are-becoming-skilled-entrepreneurs

EDITORIAL: The situation in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate as Afghan Taliban capture more territory and start to threaten major cities. Britain has advised its citizens to evacuate Afghanistan immediately given the gravity of the situation. Prospects of a negotiated settlement of the conflict appear remote and all domestic and external stakeholders are now bracing for a protracted civil war.

The threat of terrorism spilling across into our territory has now become a major concern. It is estimated that terrorists belonging to TTP, Al Qaeda and IS number over 7,000 and are based in Afghan territory across the border from Pakistan. The chances of them slipping into Pakistan along with the flow of refugees are very real. These concerns have been communicated to all key players and it is hoped that the gravity of such threats will be duly acknowledged by them.

The primary concern for Pakistan at this stage should be security of the homeland. There is not much that it can do to stabilise the situation in Afghanistan but there is a lot that it must do to minimise the impact of the potential spillover. During their recent visit to the US, National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf and DG ISI Lt Gen Faiz Hameed are reported to have communicated these concerns to US officials. Foremost among these concerns is Pakistan’s argument that refugees should be camped on the Afghan side of the border. The issue remains unresolved and can balloon into a crisis if not handled in a timely manner. The Pakistani leadership should start communicating its policies in light of the evolving situation so that there is no ambiguity on where we stand.

To read more:

https://www.dawn.com/news/1639426/looming-peril

OPINION: "In March 2020, the calamity caught Pakistan not only unawares but also unprepared, exposing our lack of resources and insufficient infrastructure in the face of such a crisis. The more worrying question is, whether we are better equipped now, 15 months into the pandemic. What steps have been taken to resume educational activities for primary, middle and secondary school students, especially the ones who do not have the privilege of studying in privately run institutions?

What is the way forward? The Teleschool at the federal level and Taleem Ghar in Punjab air lectures for learners from Grades 1 to 12 and 1 to 8, respectively. Notwithstanding these welcome initial steps, the absence of a uniform curriculum has made it difficult to target students throughout the country. Providing feedback, achieving the relevant course learning outcomes and conducting assessments are issues that will still go unattended until they are given greater attention.

By taking their cue from the practices of most of the universities which resorted to online teaching in the country and collaborating with leading private schools that have developed their own online platforms, the educational authorities can run similar operations to reach out to the maximum number of learners in Pakistan. It is true that massive investment will be needed to ensure that no one is left out, even those who live in remote parts of the country. But the effort will be worth it at a time when the end of the pandemic is nowhere in sight."

Read more: https://www.dawn.com/news/1638709/

"We have no right to laugh at any athlete that fails because we’ve never shown interest in anything but cricket for a cool minute.

Somewhere down the road we stopped caring for anything that was not our favourite bat-and-ball sport. In Pakistan everything other than cricket has become a niche sport that only a small group of diehards follows or even know the rules of.

When fan interest dries up or is nonexistent to begin with, it also shrinks a sport’s reach, which in turn makes sponsors reluctant to contribute and the whole ecosystem goes belly up.

Granted that there are bigger things in play here and the blame apportioned to us, the fans, is small compared to the usual tomfoolery by our sports bodies all over but we cannot act as if we are also not enablers of this cricket-or-nothing culture.

Most countries’ sports bases have, at the very least, a couple disciplines they’re interested in but a typical Pakistan sports fan only has eyes for cricket. The only time we take our eyes off our cricketers or decide to give their menial things a break is when some lone wolf a la Talha Talib or Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi or Ahmed Mujtaba take matters in their own hands and do something so extraordinary that it makes national news."

Read more: https://www.dawn.com/news/1638360/what-the-talha-talib-story-says-about-pakistans-one-sport-obsession