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As Regional Conference in Tajikistan stresses increasing  trade links with  Afghanistan and its neighbours, VOA Urdu chairs a debate with Regional Experts, Jan Assakzai, Mazhar Zaidi and Qadir Bakhsh highlighting the importance of the summit meeting. The host is renowned anchor Bejat Gilani

VOA Urdu hosts a discussion on recent events in Afghanistan and their fallout  with Regional Analyst Jan Assakzai, Ex Deputy Speaker of Afghan Parliament, Mirwaise Yasini and  Pakistani security Analyst, Breg (retd) Mehmood Shah. The host  is Qamar Abbas Jaffery.

VOA's famous anchor Qamar Abbas Jaffery invites the reaction of Jan Assakzai and Dr Shahid Saddiqui on the World Bank's warning that developing countries should prepare for the "real" risk that an escalation in the eurozone debt crisis could tip the world into a slump on a par with the global downturn in 2008/09.

Jan Assakzai regrets the plight of journalists covering militancy in FATA. Journalists in Pakistan are increasing targeted by extremists and the security establishment to prevent them from fulfilling their professional responsibilities, an important issue raised by Adil Shahzeb VOA's London Correspondent in his package.

As analyst Jan Assakzai says  Pakistan has still not shared its concerns on Afghanistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged Pakistan that Islamabad should approach Afghanistan as its neighbour, (BBC).

Democracy hostage in Pakistan: Jan Assakzai (BBC)  As civilian government in Pakistan  is embroiled  deeper in "memogate" scandal,  Jan Assakzai says that democracy is held hostage by the establishment and more pressure is  applied to.

VIEW: Case for delaying Afghan drawdown —Jan Assakzai VIEW:  Case for delaying Afghan drawdown  —Jan Assakzai     (Source: Daily Times) If the US wants to send a strong message to its supposed ally, it needs a stronger military presence across the border to convince Islamabad that its dangerous game of proxy warfare in the region and tolerating terrorist sanctuaries within its borders is unacceptable At this juncture, it is given that the US administration in the run up to the US presidential election would stick to its drawdown deadline: 2014. At the moment, the plan is to aggressively shrink a US force that will be about 68,000-strong in October 2012. For now the underlying assumptions for the set timetable are domestic: President Obama’s bid for re-election, and the poor economic situation of the US. However, the new emerging realities in the region warrant a revisit of the level of US forces’ drawdown timetable over the next three years. First, the US...

As Pakistan says, blockage of Nato convoys 'may last weeks', Analyst Jan Assakzai assess the state of US-Pakistan relations saying due to divergent US-Pakistan priorities, anti-terrorism coalition may collapse soon-in an interview with the BBC World Service

Euro Deal reduces financial  sovereignty: Jan Assakzai (BBC) Jan Assakzai analyses  what the new EU deal means for the UK and rest of Europe as it  has stipulated  new  regulations for the members' countries fiscal policies