1. A New Blow in Afghanistan

    Peace efforts in Afghanistan suffered another setback Sunday when Mullah Arsala Rahmani, a former deputy minister of education under the [...]

  2. Taliban Strikes Across Afghanistan

    After several months of relative calm, the Taliban have struck back with a vengeance across Afghanistan. In a series of [...]

  3. Bomb Blasts Hit Kabul

    A series of bomb blasts rocked Afghanistan today,claiming at least 63 lives and injuring scores more. The first suicide attack took [...]

  4. Pakistan’s India “Bogeyman”

    Pakistan appears terrified of an unfriendly government (or at least a pro-India one) assuming power in Afghanistan in 2014, when [...]

  5. Rabbani’s Death Blow to India

    When a suicide bomber killed former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani last week at his Kabul residence, he may also have [...]

  6. The Meaning of Rabbani’s Death

    Delivering a heavy blow to a vision of peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan, a Taliban suicide bomber has killed Burhanuddin [...]

  7. 20-Hour Kabul Siege Ends

    A siege in Kabul has finally ended after a 20-hour gun battle between insurgents and Afghan forces. The attack is [...]

  8. Karzai’s Afghan Delusion

    Last month’s raid on Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel was the first major militant attack following US President Barack Obama’s announcement over [...]

  9. India Faces Afghanistan Choice

    In his State of the Union address in January, US President Barack Obama announced that American troops would start withdrawing [...]

  10. Kayani on Top in Pakistan

    The three-year service extension given to Pakistan’s army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, has surprised nobody in India. Since the [...]