Pulling the plug on Afghanistan

Ikram Sehgal | Recent reports coming out of Washington suggest that the proposal by US National Security Adviser (NSA) Mr. MacMaster for a moderate rise...

Husain Haqqani: An opportunist turncoat!

Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | I must start with an apology because this is a very harsh indictment of Husain Haqqani. It is harsh because he...

Prime Minister Azad Kashmir offends millions of Kashmiris

News Analysis | The Prime Minister AJK, Raja Farooq Haider made headlines after he stated, “as a Kashmiri, I need to think to which country I...

Nawaz’s disqualification: Will Pakistan descend into chaos?

M K Bhadrakumar | The Pakistani scenario, following the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has three important dimensions. One, will Pakistan descend into violence and chaos? The...

Is India moving towards a civil war?

Dr. Noor Ul Hassan | In the name of cow protection, the self-proclaimed cow protector’s unleashed violence in several parts of India. Increasing incidents of...

The lie we tell ourselves to justify British rule

M. Usama Khawar | There's a popular narrative that floats around the subcontinent, like a safety net we revert to in times of need, that...

Doklam is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma

M K Bhadrakumar | My good friend from old times, Saeed Naqvi has written a blog on India’s Doklam standoff with China where he discloses,...

Will al-Qaeda get habitation and a name in Jammu and Kashmir?

M K Bhadrakumar | The announcement by the al-Qaeda’s media wing that the terror group has set up an affiliate called Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind in J&K came out...

India’s China war circa 2017?

Ikram Sehgal | A month or so ago, Indian troops trespassed and forcibly halted China extending a border road through Donglang plateau (called Doklam by...

Not in my name protests: evolution in the anti-Hindutva struggle

Jawad Falak | On June 22, with Rs 1,500 in his pocket, Junaid Khan, the fifth of Saira and Jalaluddin’s seven children, left home in...

West Bengal Would Benefit Immensely From Expanded Eurasian Connectivity

Andrew Korybko | The Indian state of West Bengal has traditionally been neglected by New Delhi and has consequently been plagued by some of the subcontinent’s...

The bloodbath in Afghanistan continues unabated

The Afghan defense ministry said on Wednesday that at least 26 Afghan soldiers have been killed in a Taliban attack on a military base...