Major Amin sent over an extract from his writings about the 1947 attempt to grab Kashmir using tribal lashkars and why it failed. Obviously from a Pakistani POV, but an objective one.. There are formatting issues that I found hard to fix, but you will get the gist. Liaquat Ali Khan and Malik Ghulam Mohammad’s … Continue reading Major Amin on the Failure of the Pakistani invasion in the First Kashmir War
Some Musings from Major Amin. What the US could learn from the British ? An English Private Company Conquered India and Chastised Afghanistan not by superior weapons but a superior strategy Agha H Amin What the US could learn from the British • July 2024 When I researched the English East India Companys history … Continue reading Major Amin: How the British Ruled India (and the USA failed in Afg)
Another Browncast is up. You can listen on Libsyn, Apple, Spotify (and a variety of other platforms). Probably the easiest way to keep up the podcast since we don’t have a regular schedule is to subscribe to one of the links above! In this episode I chat with our regular guest, Military Historian Major Agha Humayun Amin, but we dont touch … Continue reading Browncast: Major Amin on Current Events
Another Browncast is up. You can listen on Libsyn, Apple, Spotify, and Stitcher (and a variety of other platforms). Probably the easiest way to keep up the podcast since we don’t have a regular schedule is to subscribe to one of the links above! In this episode I talk to Major Amin, well knows to our listeners. Just a short chat about … Continue reading Major Amin on the current crisis, May 2023
A lot of our regular listeners have been asking for Major Amin’s views on the current crisis in Pakistan. We are fortunate that he shared his views today and gave a short summary of the political history of Pakistan, the current crisis and especially the role of the army and the impact its mishandling has … Continue reading Major Amin on the Current Crisis in Pakistan
Another Browncast is up. You can listen on Libsyn, Apple, Spotify, and Stitcher (and a variety of other platforms). Probably the easiest way to keep up the podcast since we don’t have a regular schedule is to subscribe to one of the links above! In this episode we talk to our regular guest, Major Amin. Major Amin is a military historian with … Continue reading Browncast: Major Amin on the Ukraine Crisis
Another BP Podcast is up. You can listen on Libsyn, Apple, Spotify, and Stitcher (and a variety of other platforms). Probably the easiest way to keep up the podcast since we don’t have a regular schedule is to subscribe to one of the links above! Last time we interviewed Major Amin just after the fiasco of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan. That … Continue reading Major Amin; a few words on Pakistan, Afghanistan and China
1965 – A Western Sunrise -Indias War with Pakistan by Shiv Kunal Verma Reviewed by Major Agha H Amin (Retired) September 2021 DOI: 13140/RG.2.2.21404.00645 This is a very interesting new addition to books on 1965 war. The writer gives very interesting background details to each relevant person or subject , though these did not interest … Continue reading Major Amin’s Review: 1965, A Western Sunrise. by Shiv Kunal Varma
Another BP Podcast is up. You can listen on Libsyn, Apple, Spotify, and Stitcher (and a variety of other platforms). Probably the easiest way to keep up the podcast since we don’t have a regular schedule is to subscribe to one of the links above. This episode was recorded over the phone, so please excuse some minor audio issues. As many of … Continue reading Browncast: Major Amin on the Age of Strategic Anarchy in Afghanistan
From Major Amin’s book on the history of the Pakistan army.. The First 1947-48 Indo-Pak War The British started with a strategic plan having Britishers dominating the key posts in both the newly created countries! The war was fought largely by individuals on the Pakistani side and by the British Governor General and senior army … Continue reading Major Amin’s Summing up of the 3 Major Indo-Pak Wars