Did Pakistan Play a Double Game in Afghanistan?

Colonel (Dr.) Shailendra Singh is an alumnus of Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School) and Rajiv Gandhi Government Degree College, popularly known as Kotshera, in Shimla. A keen sportsman in his youth, he represented his school as a junior national-level footballer and served as school captain. He joined the Indian Army through the Officers Training Academy (OTA), Madras (now Chennai), and was commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery in 1987. During his military career, he served with Light, Field and Medium Artillery Regiments, including units equipped with Bofors guns. His service included 14 years of counter-insurgency experience, an appointment as Aide-de-Camp (ADC) in Srinagar, and a staff assignment in the Vice Chief of the Army Staff's Secretariat at Army Headquarters. He retired from the Army in 2008. Following his military career, Colonel Singh developed a profile as a speaker and defence and international affairs analyst. He has participated in televised debates on Indian national news channels and appeared on Pakistani television programmes, offering perspectives on regional security and international affairs. His reported honours include the TIIFA Award in Mumbai in 2018, the 21st Rajiv Gandhi Global Excellence Award in 2020, and the Nelson Mandela Noble Peace Award in 2021. The official names and details of these awards should be confirmed against the respective awarding organisations' records. *********************************** Major Nadeem (full name: Shaikh Muhammad Nadeem) is a Karachi-based businessman and senior analyst who has been a regular commentator on Indian television channels for many years. He retired from the Pakistan Army in 2012 as an infantry officer. His family migrated to Karachi from Naseerabad, Ajmer, at the time of Partition. He holds an MBA from the Institute of Business Administration—Pakistan’s first institution to offer MBA programs—as well as a master’s degree in applied physics. *********************************** Shakil Chaudhary is a journalist, author, and researcher. He is an alumnus of Government College, Lahore. He later studied International Relations at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, and Media and Communications at the London School of Economics. Over the years, he has worked for several leading English-language newspapers and a few other organizations. He is the author of the critically acclaimed bilingual book Handbook of Functional English (Ferozsons), designed to help South Asians improve their English language skills. Prof. Tariq Rahman, one of South Asia’s most distinguished linguistic scholars, has praised the book, calling it “an excellent guide for the South Asian user of the English language.” Shakil has twice spoken at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C., and has conducted numerous workshops on communication, writing, and critical thinking. He is a founding member of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and served as President of the Progressive Writers' Association, Islamabad, from 2021 to 2022. He has attended Rotary’s annual conventions in Toronto and Hamburg. These are some of his notable interviews: 👉 Ambassador Abdul Basit:    • Ambassador Abdul Basit: Pakistan has not d...   👉 Sardar Masood Khan, former president, AJK, Part 1:    • Copying Tharoor? Shakil Chaudhary Slammed ...   👉 Sardar Masood Khan, former president, AJK, Part 2:    • "You Are Representing India," Sardar Masoo...   👉 Lt. Gen. Asad Durrani:    • Lt. Gen. Asad Durrani, former ISI chief: W...   👉 Prof. Christian Fair:    • Prof. Christine Fair: Pakistan has zero ac...   👉 Shahid Siddiqui, a former member of India’s parliament:    • Shahid Siddiqui: The partition ruined Indi...   👉 A lively debate, featuring Shaheryar Azhar and Arvind Saharan:    • Why Did Air Marshal Asghar Khan Say Pakist...   You’re welcome to follow him on these social media platforms: 👉   / shakilchaudharyofficial   👉   / shakil.chaudary   👉   / shakchaudhary