Taliban - Himal Southasian (Page 5)

‘Pure’ ideology

Some 35 km from Dera Ghazi Khan on the Punjab-Balochistan border is a shrine for the Sufi saint Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Syed Ahmed. Since mid-March, visitors to the Darbar Hazrat

By Farhan Reza

/ 13 Apr 2009

In the shades of grey

Amidst the conflict and chaos, one US soldier sees hope in Afghanistan.

By The Editors

/ 2 Apr 2009

The Taliban primer

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

By Rahimullah Yusufzai

/ 1 Apr 2009

The establishment of a Taliban emirate

Under the terms of the latest 'peace deal' in the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA), the militants have gained everything and the government nothing. The Swat Valley has

By Kamran Arif

/ 1 Apr 2009

Can we?

The euphoria is dying somewhat quickly in certain parts of our neighbourhood. The photogenic 44th president of America already managed to ruffle feathers in Islamabad, where officials were not too

By The Editors

/ 9 Feb 2009

What price the national security state (Region)

Amidst the growing India-Pakistan tensions following the terror attack on Bombay, there are some points of analysis that must be considered. All of Southasian peace is threatened, and what is

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 2009

The logic of suicide attacks in Afghanistan

Suicide terrorism, like 'terrorism' in general, is difficult to define. The act of committing suicide towards a particular objective is nothing new, and we have seen it done

By The Editors

/ 9 Dec 2008

Death by drone

Somewhere in international waters, close to the Pakistani coast, a Predator drone is launched from the USS Abraham Lincoln. The pilotless craft heads up over the beaches of Balochistan, and

By The Editors

/ 1 Dec 2008

From takhat to takhta

In Pakistan, it has long been said that the choices for successful politicians are very limited, including little more than 'from takhat to takhta' – from throne to crypt.

By The Editors

/ 31 Jan 2008

Project Afghanistan and the thinking enemy

Five years of backward progress on securing the country now has NATO forces taking over security in Afghanistan. With few of the lessons of the past having sunk in, it appears unlikely that the country will breathe easier in the coming year.

By Aunohita Mojumdar

/ 9 Nov 2006

The scripted war

During the Afghan war, Western journalists failed to critically probe either US military policy or the complexities of the Taliban legacy in Afghanistan. The reporting suffered, and many important questions

By Rahimullah Yusufzai

/ 1 Feb 2002

Whither the Afghan war?

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

By Abbas Husain

/ 1 Nov 2001