The grievance of Pakhtuns
Sophocles, one of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived the ravages of time, was convinced that “Of all the ills afflicting men the worst is the lack…
Sophocles, one of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived the ravages of time, was convinced that “Of all the ills afflicting men the worst is the lack…
The Pakistani Taliban in disarray, their Afghan counterparts lying low as that country proceeds to elect a new leader, and Al-Qaeda generally looking somewhat lost between ‘Khorasan’ and its ancestral…
Many weak-hearted persons – like me – heaved a sigh of relief when last week Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced to give peace yet another chance. We should be thankful…
At a well-attended investor conference in South Sudan's capital in early December, President Salva Kiir declared that the world's newest country was "at last safe" and open for business. It…
The CIA-run drone program in Pakistan has had many defenders in its time, but few, I imagine, with Dr Akbar Zaidi’s credentials. In his cavilling attack on a clique of…
Can a documentary film on the effects of drone attacks in Waziristan not even mention the Taliban even once and not be a misrepresentation? The documentary, Wounds of Waziristan, focuses…
By mid-2014 what many Pakistanis have been crying themselves hoarse about will have happened: most of the Americans in Afghanistan will have gone and we will be alone with our…
The manner in which the Kashmiri 'militant' Afzal Guru was tried and secretly hanged in New Delhi's Tihar Jail on Saturday morning and buried in the jail premises unknown to…