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You are invited to attend a Strategic Affairs
Round Table Discussion
On
Topic: Af-Pak, Terrorism and Geo-politics
Saturday: September 10th, 2022, @ 10.00 AM EDT (New York Time)/ 7:30 PM IST (New Delhi Time)
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Multiple Discussants: with Dr. Adityanjee
- Mr. Francois Gautier, Journalist
- Prof Walter Anderson, IR Scholar and Academic
- Ms. Arzoo Kazmi, Journalist
About Discussion:
Afghanistan and Pakistan have emerged as unsavoury joint ventures comprising several arms and narcotics traffickers, insurgent groups, Islamist entities and organized crime syndicates.
Mass braves of Taliban fighters in Quetta, Pakistan. Taliban are freely roaming in the city of Quetta where the civilians are imposed many restrictions. The Madrasa like in Kandhari Bazar are jam-packed with the people being preached to donate heavily to the Taliban and participate in Jihad.
Pakistan was placed on FATF grey list in June 2018 and was urged to strengthen anti-money laundering and increase the fight against financing terror yet every year IMF approves bailout loans of Billions of dollars for Pakistan.
Seventeen out of 33 Parliamentarians in the Taliban government are UN-designated terrorists. The present interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani was involved in Indian Embassy in Kabul bombing and has control over much of the country's internal security forces. As deputy leader of the Taliban, he oversaw armed combat against American and coalition forces, reportedly from a base within North Waziristan District in Pakistan. Haqqani is currently wanted by the FBI for questioning, with the U.S. State Department offering a reward of $10 million for information about his location that will lead to his arrest. Yet, US engaged with these fighters in Doha, helped them get more powers and indirectly posed a more immediate threat to the neighboring countries, especially India.
Presiding
Dr. Adit Adityanjee
President
Council for Strategic Affairs
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About : Mr. Francois Gautier, Journalist
He served as the South-Asia correspondent of Journal de Genève, a Geneva-based newspaper before switching to the same post at Le Figaro in 1993. He stayed over there for about 8 years before shifting to Ouest-France and then, La Chaîne Info. He wrote several more articles for the newspaper and went on to work as a writer and photographer for other publications.
Gautier used to write a regular column for Rediff.com. Gautier has also written columns for The New Indian Express, DNA India, Outlook India, and others. He is also the editor of La Revue de l'Inde.
About: Walter K. Andersen
Walter K. Andersen is an American academic known for his studies of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) – an Indian volunteer service organization. He currently serves as Senior Adjunct Professor of South Asia Studies at Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and is a part of the faculty of Tongji University, Shanghai (China). Previously, he taught comparative politics at the College of Wooster before joining the United States State Department as a political analyst for South Asia specializing in India and Indian Ocean affairs. Additionally, he was an adjunct professor at The American University in Washington, D.C.
Education
Andersen earned his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago. As a part of his field work, he lived in India for four years from late 1960s through early 1970s. There he came in contact with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP, the student wing of RSS). That association led to an introduction to M. S. Golwalker – the head of RSS. His scholarship has focussed on the RSS and Indian politics. He considers Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph as his mentors, states an article in The Indian Express.
About: Arzoo Kazmi, Journalist
Arzoo Kazmi is a Pakistan-based journalist, political analyst, columnist, and news anchor.