1. 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 [...]

  2. 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 [...]

  3. 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 [...]

  4. 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 [...]

  5. 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 [...]

  6. 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 [...]

  7. India Faces Afghanistan Choice

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

  8. 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 [...]

  9. Worth the Effort?

    This is the last in a series of dispatches from Afghanistan Afghan President Hamid Karzai had a tough time with friends [...]

  10. Taliban Threat to India

    The specter of the Taliban returning to power in Afghanistan or having a key role in the Afghan government has [...]