Redefining Pakistan-US Relations in Post-Afghanistan Withdrawal Phase

Issues and Challenges in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations after 9/11

The study examines various issues in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations in the context that emerged after 9/11. It argues that security maintenance and various development pursuits (political and economic) of both Pakistan and Afghanistan considerably rely upon cordial and mutually cooperative relations between these two immediate neighbours. However, there exists trust deficit and the war against ...

Molecular Epidemiology of HIV-1 in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan

We conducted this study to obtain a comprehensive picture of molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 in three neighboring countries, i.e. Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan as a basis for discussing possible hypothesis regarding between-country virus transmission. Our results showed that subtype composition differs between these countries with more variation in Pakistan than Iran and Afghanistan. The CRF3...

“sources of Tension in Afghanistan and Pakistan: a Regional Perspective” Sources of Tension in Afghanistan and Pakistan: a Regional Perspective

Violent behaviour and post-traumatic stress disorder in US Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.

BACKGROUND Violence towards others in the community has been identified as a significant problem for a subset of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. AIMS To investigate the extent to which post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other risk factors predict future violent behaviour in military veterans. METHOD A national, multiwave survey enrolling a random sample of all US veterans who served i...

Molecular Epidemiology of HIV-1 in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan

1Virology Research Group, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; 2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; 3HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman,...