Africa: South Africa and Pakistan – Countries Brought to Their Knees By Elite Capture and Economic Paralysis

Africa: South Africa and Pakistan – Countries Brought to Their Knees By Elite Capture and Economic Paralysis

In the ongoing quest to understand South Africa’s political and economic stagnation, it may be helpful to look at other postcolonial states that have travelled further along the path of independence. This may help clarify the stagnation question that citizens, politicians and economists are grappling with. Much of the analysis of postcolonial Africa and Asia…

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Suicide bombers in northwest Pakistan kill at least 3 at security force headquarters

Suicide bombers in northwest Pakistan kill at least 3 at security force headquarters

Two suicide bombers attacked the headquarters of a security force in northwestern Pakistan on Monday morning, killing at least three officers, police and rescue officials said. The attack took place in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, said city Police Chief Saeed Ahmad. He said one attacker detonated his explosives at the…

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Pakistan “will not be the first to resume nuclear tests,” official says in response to Trump’s 60 Minutes claim

Pakistan “will not be the first to resume nuclear tests,” official says in response to Trump’s 60 Minutes claim

A Pakistani official told CBS News that the country “will not be the first to resume nuclear tests” in response to President Trump’s assertion in an interview with 60 Minutes that the country has conducted nuclear weapons tests, along with Russia and China. “Pakistan was not the first to carry out nuclear tests and will not…

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Afghan Taliban confirm ‘retaliatory’ border attacks on Pakistan

Afghan Taliban confirm ‘retaliatory’ border attacks on Pakistan

The Taliban government has confirmed that it attacked Pakistani troops in multiple mountainous locations on the northern border. Casualties are not yet clear in what the Taliban called “retaliatory operations”, after it said Pakistan violated Afghan airspace and bombed a market inside its border on Thursday. Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi called the Taliban attacks…

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