I don’t trust Pakistan entirely.. Though in many ways they are victims of US dominance too, they still go along to get along.
Let’s look at what’s been happening. The article linked directly below fits in with a recent arrest made by Turkey. And ties nicely into a video from Brian Berletic
Russian Military Returns to Afghanistan
Interesting. Suggest of a counter move to the American empire’s agenda. Keeping in mind that Pakistan is hosting ISIS- K– Remember the attack on the Crocus City Hall Music Venue.
Covered in previous posts
Just as the Soviets were forced out of Afghanistan in 1989, the Americans were forced out in 2021, and Trump is surrounded by military officials who feel this loss in the same way that officers such as Putin felt the shame of the Soviet withdrawal. For two of America’s top geopolitical strategists of the 20th century, Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzeziński, it comes down to geography and Afghanistan’s position in relation to Russia and China. For them, US control over Afghanistan was essential to influencing what they called ‘the Eurasian chessboard’ of Central Asia.
British military thinkers in the 19th century, such as Halford Mackinder and Thomas Holdrich, thought similarly, designing the Afghan map to keep the Russian Empire away from the British Empire. Fast forward 200 years and the same themes were at play in the Cold War, immortalised in the popular imagination by the 2007 film Charlie Wilson’s War starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, in which an American politician quietly works with the CIA to fund and equip the Afghans fighting the Soviets. Decorated CIA officer Milt Bearden, who was a consultant on the film, has issued warnings from history about the importance of not ignoring Afghanistan.
I’ve talked about Mackinder’s theory more than once at this site and the other one (censored)
Economically, China is the biggest investor in Afghanistan today. Both Moscow and Beijing, who dominate the BRICS group, want Central Asian states such as Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan to invest in Afghanistan as well.
Although the Taliban has no ideological fans in a region averse to fundamentalism, relations are dictated by pragmatism and realpolitik. Neither Russia nor China wants Afghanistan to fall back into the American orbit. By recognising the Taliban and, most recently, striking a defence accord with Kabul, Moscow will hope to have stolen a march on Washington in the ‘great game’ that Hopkirk referred to.
Turkish Arrest Renews Focus on ISIS-K Presence in Pakistan
Aziz Maarij, a former diplomat, said: “This case serves as documented evidence showing that ISIS centers, its growth, and its safe havens are located in Pakistan. It also disproves Pakistan’s repeated claims that terrorists and ISIS militants originate from Afghanistan or receive support from India.”
The arrest of Ahmad Kazanji, a member of ISIS-Khorasan, by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) has once again drawn attention to the group’s operational hubs in Pakistan.
ISIS-K is in Pakistan because that’s where the Americans want them
According to a report by the Turkish media outlet Kısa Dalga, Kazanji traveled to Pakistan in 2024 and produced Turkish-language propaganda materials for ISIS-Khorasan in the mountainous regions of Balochistan.
Brian Berletic talks about ISIS-K in the video below