In the labyrinthine corridors of 'Af-Pak' politics, an arrest is not an arrest and a crackdown is not a crackdown. Currently, Afghanistan and Pakistan are engaged in a
Hippies, Russians, the Taliban – Afghanistan has always had a little something for everyone. Now a land in crisis is getting reacquainted with tourists.
I am going to be the only
Much of the current debate on Afghanistan is focused on efforts to understand the changing dynamics and consequences of the ongoing conflict, plus erratic and self-serving proposals by the international
Unraveling the Taliban phenomenon has never been easy, but it has undoubtedly become more complex with the rise of the Pakistani Taliban in 2003, making it necessary to differentiate this
After the war ends in Sri Lanka, it is the Pashtun region of Southasia that will remain the most violent corner on earth. The depredations of the Taliban and al-Qaeda
Kabul is a city of dramatic contrasts. In the streets, shiny black-windowed limousines drive alongside scruffy pushcarts with wobbly wheels. On the sidewalks, one-legged beggars hold out hands to well-dressed
Demands by the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan for 'Freedom, Democracy and Social Justice' remain as critical—and contentious—today as they were three decades ago.
Now that the bombing is over and Osama and Omar have evacuated themselves, Afghanistan will once again recede from our mindset. But we still do not know Afghanistan. In an
After nearly a month of US-led military strikes in fi.Afghanistan, the future of the country is less certain now than at any time since 1996. The Taliban emerged from
