The US President in order to justify the retreat from Afghanistan declared a New policy of military intervention. He said ; as the terrorism has spread to newer areas and not restricted to only Afghanistan, they can be fought using Over the Horizon capabilities without Boots on ground. This implies for a layman that the US now intends fighting without the help of ground troops using Drones, fighter aircrafts etc.

This US policy is likely to have numerous future implications, not only for USA but also for the rest of the world and so, cannot be just wished away as it has come from the US President, himself.

One. If US proclaims that it will not use Ground troops in any eventuality and will employ only Over the Horizon capabilities, it implies that its allies in South East Asia are likely to be left confused and devoid of any reliable support. What will happen in case China plans to invade Taiwan? What if China in order to push its claims in South China Sea starts taking punitive action against Philippines etc? What if China starts suppressing the legitimate rights and interests of smaller states’ in the South China sea and elsewhere, and forcibly denies their exclusive sovereign rights and jurisdiction in their maritime zones? Leave aside military support, with this proclamation there is now no moral support also left with such small states that are vulnerable to Bullying by China.

Two. Whether, It was Iraq, Syria, Or Afghanistan, US military has used its air force including its UAVs extensively for command, control, communications, int, svl , recce and carried out thousands of drone attacks in Somalia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq , so, is it not pertinent to ask ; Did it incapacitate the Jehadis, the ISIS, the Taliban, Afghanistan and Haqqani network operating in Pakistan or in Syria or in Iraq. In Syria the use of air power only helped the Syrian President Assad.

It may not be wrong to state here that after Osama was eliminated in 2011, it prima facie appears that US thereafter used only its drones and air power to dominate the area instead of using its Ground troops. And this can be substantiated by the fact that US suffered approx 2000 casualties till 2012 and thereafter in next 8 years till 2020 barely 200. This is a huge huge difference clearly indicating that after 2012, USA might have stopped using its Ground troops for area domination and for Ground operations. So this implies that Biden might have just made a formal announcement but it was in vogue since 2012.

As a result, Nine years of respite that Taliban got, were enough to resurrect and reorganize itself and strike with unbelievable speed and capture whole of Afghanistan.

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Pakistan is a nation which has got nothing positive to offer to the world except NUISANCE. It has been for last 70 years purely surviving on the basis of its nusisance value and as a result getting aids and doles and grants from western nations and international organizations. The dozens of Jehadi organizations and Jehadis on UN terror list can trace their roots to Pakistan including ISIS, Al Qaeda and Taliban.

However, despite all this, the western world always preferred to preach India and give sermons on Human Rights and Democratic Values, like the one recently given by Sir Lord Blinken, US Secy of State during his inspection visit to India. They advertently or inadvertently turned a blind eye towards Pakistan and rather took their side as in case of Afghanistan issue where they have virtually agreed, knowingly about the duplicity of Pakistan and nexus with Jehadis to handover Afghanistan to Taliban .

Over the years Pakistan has got emboldened by these gestures and has come to believe that Its Nuisance Value Pays rich dividends in International Politics.

Continuing on the same lines it recently decided to add on to this nuisance value and announced to organize a cricket tournament in POK calling it ; Kashmir Premier League. And to internationalize the same, it roped in many Pakistani film celebrities, as brand ambassadors and top Pakistani cricketers in various capacities. It also sent invitation to many foreign cricketers to join the league.

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Former US president George W. Bush on last Wednesday criticised the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan and said civilians were being left to be "slaughtered" by the Taliban. "Afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm. This is a mistake... They're just going to be left behind to be slaughtered by these very brutal people, and it breaks my heart," Bush told German broadcaster Deutsche Welle.

The withdrawal of troops is undoubtedly a colossal mistake and if this mistake is not corrected now, it will bring untold misery to this entire region.

The only ones happy are Taliban and Pakistan.

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The Aerial attack carried out by two drones at the IAF base in Jammu recently, did not come as a surprise to many of us as the Indian armed forces were alive to this threat. But what was disappointing was that those drones were able to carry out the attack and could escape. Being alive to this threat is not enough, what was important was What did you do to face this threat, which you had already anticipated.

Drones are being used today by even local photographers to cover wedding ceremonies and many such events, by courier services and more over several such drone incidents in Jammu and Kashmir have been reported in past wherein drones were used to drop weapons, drugs, ammunition, arms and Hawala money to fuel terrorism in the Union territory, so it was just a matter of time when this delivery system be used to drop bombs at important military bases in India.

So in that sense it was not a surprise.

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