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The Bajwa Doctrine: The Pakistani Military Has Done More than Enough...

In their own words, Pakistan’s generals lay-out the ‘Bajwa Doctrine’ – their vision for the future of US–Pakistani military cooperation in the age of President Trump. From their perspective, Pakistan has done more than enough to secure neighbouring Afghanistan, and is not intimidated by the threat of US funding cuts.

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ISLAMABAD:
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa discussed the need for political reconciliation in Afghanistan as President Ashraf Ghani announced a ceasefire with the Taliban, officials said on Thursday.

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Kim Jong Un lands in Singapore ahead of summit with Trump: report

Shanghai Cooperation Organization - SCO Summit, Qingdao - China...

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Kim Jong Un lands in Singapore ahead of summit with Trump: report

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Trump arrives in Singapore ahead of historic North Korea summit
Updated 8:57 AM ET, Sun June 10, 2018

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This Trump meeting with Kim Jong Un will cover up for his G6 + 1 debacle meeting.

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas weights in on the War of Words re flip-flopping president.
Can President Trump ever be trusted?




Also, At least PM Shinzo Abe is happy with the result? or is he being meek and mild? Perhaps our Japanese friends can elaborate.






French President Emmanuel Macron said "international co-operation cannot be dictated by fits of anger and throwaway remarks".
"Let's be serious and worthy of our people. We make commitments and keep to them," a statement from the French presidency quoted by AFP news agency said.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said: "In a matter of seconds, you can destroy trust with 280 Twitter characters."

As I said earlier, I suspect Trump to be getting very bad advise from his extreme right advisors, who are pushing to isolate and alienate the US abroad, while creating economic and social chaos back home.

That would explain all of Trump’s 180 turns as soon as he leaves a meeting and is left alone with his advisors, who are then free to ‘remind’ him on how the other leaders have ‘played’ him. Cue the Twitter tirades and sudden changes in tone.

Being Diplomatic = Meek and Mild. This is what is considered weak in Trump's circle.



Updated at 2:45 p.m. ET
After one White House adviser said there was "a special place in hell" for foreign leaders like Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, and another said Trudeau "stabbed us in the back," Canadian leaders offered a measured — even polite — response.

"Canada does not believe that ad hominem attacks are a particularly appropriate or useful way to conduct our relations with other countries," said Canadian foreign affairs minister Chrystia Freeland, the Toronto Star.

The foreign affairs minister , and offered a markedly different tone from the attacks lobbed at Canada, one of the United States' closest allies, this weekend by President Trump and other members of his administration.

No Military Solution to Afghan Conflict: NATO (Update)

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that there is no military solution to the conflict in Afghanistan.

After talks with NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Stoltenberg said, “We don’t think that there is a military solution to the conflict in Afghanistan, but we strongly believe that we need a strong Afghan force to be able to create the conditions for a political solution.”

The Secretary General warned Taliban that they cannot win war in the battle grounds.

“Taliban has to understand that they will never win on the battlefield, so they have to come to the negotiating table and agree to a political solution. That’s the reason why we are providing military support, it’s to enable a political solution,” he added.

Stoltenberg noted that NATO welcomes any effort for a political solution to the conflict in Afghanistan.

“We welcome any efforts to find a political solution and we strongly believe that this should be an Afghan-led and an Afghan-owned peace process, so therefore NATO support the Afghan-led and the Afghan-owned peace process, which also of course, at some stage, has to include finding a political solution with the Taliban.” he added.

This comes as recently, Taliban has published an open letter to the American people and called on them to demand an end the conflict in Afghanistan and to reject the inexperienced policies of president Trump and his war-monger advisors.

“Our aim is to strengthen the Afghan security forces so they can create the conditions for a peaceful solution”, the Secretary General said. He also praised President Ghani’s recent offer of peace talks with the Taliban, stressing that “an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process is essential to a long-term, inclusive political settlement.”

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