Opportunity – from Kasur to Kabul
If there is no safety, there is no life. A safe and secure existence is not only a religious compulsion for almost all faiths, it is also quite rightly a…
Terror revisits Kabul
The brutal killing of over 80 people and the maiming of more than 400 others in Kabul suicide attack last week has left many of us emotionally devastated. But the…
Angry Kabul losing faith in peace process after Taliban bombing
After another bombing in the Afghan capital was followed by yet another triumphant claim of responsibility by the Taliban, Afghan leaders are struggling to find the will to make peace…
The news from Kabul…bleak
Islamabad diary Alissa J Rubin, a journalist, has written a dispatch in the New York Times about the situation in Kabul. It is eye-opening. Americans in the city, even the…
Surveillance in Kabul
In Kabul, where the Afghan Peace Volunteers have hosted me in their community, the US military maintains a huge blimp equipped with cameras and computers to supply 24 hour surveillance…
Karachi to Kabul
A blow to the solar plexus and some wretched hope for the mind — it’s been one of those weeks in Pakistan. So let’s jump right in. First, Karachi. Much…
For rent: 52-room villas in the Beverly Hills of Kabul
The houses are painted in gaudy carnival colours, with multi-tier chandeliers, ornately gilded porticos and giant eagle rooftop sculptures, in a neighbourhood touted as the Beverly Hills of Kabul. These…
Terrorist attack keeps Kabul restaurant patrons at bay
"These two people are our only guests since last Friday," says restaurant owner Mohammad Iqbal Aziz, pointing to a couple in the middle of Le Bistro, in a fortified area…
Zero option Kabul
The war in Afghanistan isn’t ending, it’s just changing gears, and much like the Chinese curse, 2014 is shaping up to be a very interesting year. On the one hand,…
A visit to Kabul
Being the place my forefathers originated from, Afghanistan has always attracted me. However, Kabul’s breeze, its beautiful hills, the soothing beauty and the peace of mind and heart I feel…
