Jan Achakzai

1434: In terms of what a second Obama presidency means for Pakistan, Jan Achakzai, the leader of Pakistani right-wing political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, tells BBC Urdu: "As long as the Americans are in Afghanistan, which is over the next two years, there won't be any major change in US policy towards Pakistan." 1435: Mr Achakzai continues: "Afterwards, American and Western countries may increase pressure on Pakistan in certain areas about which they have some concerns. First there are Pakistan's nuclear weapons, second terrorism and third is the human rights situation. These are the three areas about which Americans can arm-twist Pakistan. But this will happen only after America reduces its [involvement] in Afghanistan." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21117466

Report: Road to martyrdom by Zia Ur Rehman "Jan Achakzai, a senior security analyst, said the geopolitical dynamics of Balochistan were complicated, and the military was currently more focused on dealing with Baloch militants instead of sectarian groups. The provincial government was a scapegoat, he said, and it did not have the power to stop the insurgency or deal with sectarian groups, many of which were proxies of foreign governments". The Friday Times

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 After the Paris Talks with other Afghan factions, the Taliban reiterated that they will negotiate with the US and that the current government of Karzai is a puppet regime. They revealed on Tuesday, Dec., 26 to open  Qatar office as HuffPost said: "The Taliban announced that they had reached a preliminary understanding to open the representative office, an unprecedented step toward peace negotiations that might lead to a winding down of the 10-year conflict. The statement did not say when the office would open". The Qatar office is perhaps aimed at conducting talks with the US. The Office will be their address where their envoys will be based. The perception of the Taliban is that the current political system has been carved out by the US. It is Washington that is likely to sustain the political and other  institutions in the post 2014 era. As such they need to engage Washington directly. Shrewdly enough they can still turn around to their followers—without losi...

Pakistani Taliban’s umbrella group, the TTP has conditionally offered to hold negotiations. Ehsan Ullah Ehsan, the spokesman for the TTP, said the TTP had always been ready for negotiations. In a letter to renowned journalist/Anchorperson Saleem Safi, the TTP called for repeal of all laws in Pakistan which are repugnant to Islam and added that the Constitution should be amended in the light of the Quran and Sunnah. Later, Hakeemullah Masood, the TTP Chief, also conformed himself the offer. He also said that the Pakistani government was following foreign dictates and talks would only be possible if the government would have the authority to hold them freely and end participation in the US’s war in Afghanistan. On of the main coalition partners, the ANP’s response was a cautious welcome: the chief of the ANP, Asfanyar Wali Khan, said that talks with the TTP were possible if they renounced violence. The governmnet’s reaction was ambivalent: it initially dismissed the offer by respond...