Positive Pakistan

Despite the two nations' close connections, the Taliban's control of Afghanistan has been far from a blessing for neighboring Pakistan. Zahid Shahab Ahmed gives context and examines Pakistan's security issues as a result of the Taliban's authority over Afghanistan. As US soldiers began to depart from Afghanistan in July–August 2021, the Taliban took control of the nation. They now have complete control of the country and have formed an interim administration that they claim is inclusive. Internationally, Pakistan is considered the Taliban's primary partner, and Islamabad sees the Taliban-led rule as friendly, but Afghanistan's rising instability continues to have a negative impact on Pakistan's security. The purpose of this essay is to examine Pakistan's terrorist situation after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021. History Understanding Pakistan's national interests in relation to Afghanistan requires some historical context. Afghanista...

THE ESSENTIAL The liver is an organ that is part of the digestive system. It filters and renews the blood. It is a world first. A multidisciplinary research team from Zurich has successfully treated an initially damaged human liver in a machine for three days outside the body, then implanted the recovered organ into a cancer patient.  “A year later, the patient is doing well,”  welcome the authors of the study in a press release. The patient was able to leave the hospital a few days after the transplant:  “I am very grateful for this organ which saved my life. Due to the rapid progression of my tumor, I had little chance of getting a liver on the waiting list in a reasonable time”,  did he declare. infusion machine The study team credits their achievement to an in-house created "infusion machine," which allows a human organ to be implanted in a patient after a three-day storage period outside the body. "The machine mimics the human body as precisely as possible in or...