1. What Next in Afghanistan?

    Central Asia Security Afghanistan

    The Diplomat speaks with Matthew Hoh, director of the Afghanistan Study Group, about the group's report on the future of US forces in the country.

  2. US Must Grow Up On Pakistan

    Security South Asia Pakistan

    Pakistan has done more than was in its own interests in the war on terror. Its support for the US has left it with a civil war.

  3. Return of the Warlords

    Central Asia Security Afghanistan

    As villages in Afghanistan turn to private militias for security, Sanjay Kumar asks if such outfits mark a return to warlordism.

  4. ‘Iran has Afghan Peace Role’

    Central Asia Security Afghanistan

    The London conference on Afghanistan’s future was wishful thinking. For real stability, look to China, India, Russia--and Iran.

  5. Last Shot in Afghanistan

    Central Asia Security Afghanistan

    The Diplomat speaks with Fabrice Pothier, director of Carnegie Europe, about the security situation in Afghanistan, talking with the Taliban and the prospects for stability once US-led forces withdraw.

  6. Talking with the Taliban

    Central Asia Security Afghanistan

    As US-led forces engage in a major offensive in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, commentators in Pakistan are still taking stock of the London conference and what it could mean for the role their country plays in their neighbour’s stability. Mustafa Qadri reports that many believe the road to such stability and security will inevitably run through Pakistan--and to the Taliban.

  7. The ‘Good’ Taliban Myth

    Central Asia Security Afghanistan

    If the London Conference on Afghanistan held last week demonstrated anything, it is that it's only a matter of time until India loses whatever strategic leverage it previously enjoyed compared with Pakistan in the country.