Aimal Khattak

Ceasefire + missile attack = New conflict normal

New: Some Trump officials privately acknowledge that the president’s public commentary has been detrimental to talks, noting the sensitivity of the negotiations and the Iranians’ deep mistrust of the US. That was especially true on Friday, when the Pakistanis were in Tehran for talks with the Iranians. As the meeting played out, Trump took to Truth Social and spoke with several reporters, claiming Iran had agreed to a host of provisions that sources familiar with the talks said had not yet been finalized. He also asserted that Tehran had agreed to many of the most contentious US demands and declared an imminent end to the war. Behind the scenes w/ @Kevinliptakcnn cnn.com/2026/04/20/pol…

We are told that security in the Middle East requires defeating Iran, security in East Asia requires defeating China, and security in Europe requires defeating Russia. We never discuss security in terms of how to learn to live together by harmonising interests and managing competition. This is by design. This is hegemonic peace, in which security depends on defeating rivals rather than managing a balance of power. Subsequently, security relies solely on deterrence rather than reassurance; diplomacy is dismissed as appeasement; peace agreements are temporary and deceptive; and war is peace. Our rivals do not have legitimate security concerns, as their policies are allegedly always motivated by aggressive, irrational, or expansionist behaviour. We have convinced ourselves that our liberal hegemony is a force for good, and that our opponents oppose our dominance because they reject our benign values of freedom. Discussing the security concerns of adversaries is believed to “legitimise” their policies, which is treasonous. The world is divided into good guys (liberal democracies) and bad guys (autocracies). We should not ask how defeating Russia, as the world's largest nuclear power, is a rational security strategy, or why our governments refuse to even speak with Moscow to discuss the European security architecture and end the war. Our governments have relabelled nuclear deterrence as nuclear blackmail to signal that there can be no more constraints. All empires can become irrational during decline. Leaders take greater risks to avoid decline, legitimacy crises at home must be distracted with enemies abroad, outdated strategies from a bygone era of strength are still embraced, and there is a tendency to double down on narratives of being indispensable, representing universal values, and dismissing all opposition as illegitimate and dangerous. Are we the fanatics?

Tucker: It’s time to establish a healthy relationship where Israel can pay its own bills, fund its own military, and act within the constraints imposed by its own economy and population. That’s what normal countries do. Most countries live with neighbors that don’t like them, with whom they have testy relationships, but they make accommodations because they have no choice. There’s no country in the world that acts with total impunity because it knows a much larger country will backstop it no matter what it does. That just doesn’t exist in the natural world, because it’s not natural.

The main losers of this war has been the Gulf States. Being frontline states for a declining hegemon is a disaster, as Ukraine and Europe will also at some point recognise. Frontline states in Asia, such as South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, are now having these discussions. The hegemon is gone and its alliance systems such as NATO must be replaced with inclusive security arrangements. Make peace with your neighbours!

@Ridhijwl These are my little angels - grand daughters . I just post the video about their Eid preparation

@KhattakAimal This is such a helpful tip, Never thought about it this way before. How did you discover this trick?

Traditional baby girls’ Eid wear

@ijazkhan @Rashadxanhelalk Very pathetic!

Peshawar Uni paid 50% of Feb pension after 20 March. Still waiting for the remaining 50%, while there is no news of the March pension.

Many Iranians supported your war, because your plan was to liberate Iran. Instead you celebrate sending a civilization to the Stone Age. Great leaders build, not destroy. They serve humanity, not murder schoolgirls in the name of Jesus Christ. I weep to see America like this.

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@hannone2002 @grok is it real picture

هذه هي مدمرة ارلي بيرك هي فئة مدمرات صواريخ موجهة (دي دي جي) تابعة للبحرية الأمريكية تحترق في نار غضب قوات المقاومة ويقول لك امريكا و اسرائيل جيشهم لايقهر!

تابڑ توڑ اور مسلسل حملوں سے تو یہ لگتا ہے کہ ایران “ہم تو ڈوبے ھیں صنم تم کو بھی لے دوبینگے“ کے فلسفے پر عمل پیراہ ہے

جنگ تو خود ہی ایک مسئلہ ہے جنگ کیا مسئلوں كا حل دے گی آگ اور خون آج بخشے گی بھوک اور احتیاج کل دے گی 2/2

ہر طرف جنگ اور جنگ کے بادل ہیں۔ اس موقع پر ساحر لدھیانوی کے ایک مشہور نظم “ اے شریف انسانوں” سے چند لائنیں یاد آرہی ہے ٹینک آگے بڑھیں کہ پچھے ہٹیں کوکھ دھرتی کی بانجھ ہوتی ہے فتح كا جشن ہو کہ ہار كا سوگ زندگی میتوں پہ روتی ہے 1/2

I am going to attend a X space on International Mother Language Day #IMLD seminar by #CPPCA on February 21 , Saturday at 11:30am EST

A winter morning

@Cppca_official Hi