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The Strategic Blind Spot: How Proxy Warfare Undermines U.S. Interests in Eurasia

SAT Commentary June 29, 2026

Former US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad, whose claims questioning Pakistan's diplomacy are contradicted by four years of documented bilateral engagement and successive UN monitoring reports on terrorist safe havens in Afghanistan

Khalilzad’s Claims Ignore Four Years of Documented Pakistani Diplomacy and His Own Catastrophic Record in Afghanistan

SAT Editorial Desk June 22, 2026

Former US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, whose remarks urging Pakistan to choose diplomacy followed Afghanistan's open admission of cross-border strikes inside Pakistani territory

Khalilzad Urges Pakistan to Choose Diplomacy After Afghanistan Admits Carrying Out Cross-Border Strikes, revealing a Pattern of Blame That Precedes Any Examination of Facts

SAT Commentary June 19, 2026

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Trump’s G7 Remarks on Afghanistan Reveal a Transactional Power Calculus That the Taliban Has Quietly Accepted

SAT Commentary June 18, 2026

Representation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding implementation process with Pakistan supporting technical and diplomatic tracks between the United States and Iran

Islamabad MoU Enters Implementation Phase as Pakistan’s Diplomacy Transitions from Political Breakthrough to Structured Peace Architecture

SAT Editorial Desk June 18, 2026

Months of quiet diplomacy in Tehran, Islamabad and Beijing helped end the US-Iran standoff and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

How Pakistan Talked Washington and Tehran Off the Brink

SAT Editorial Desk June 15, 2026

Human rights activist and lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir (left) and her husband, Advocate Hadi Ali Chattha (right), outside a court in Islamabad on November 5, 2025.

Pakistan Pushes Back as US Congressional Body Prejudges Ongoing Domestic Legal Proceedings Over Imaan Mazari Case

SAT Commentary June 10, 2026