The Butcher of Kabul: Life in times of Gulbuddin “Rocketyar”
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Personally speaking, my ‘encounters’ with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar have not been pleasant experiences. Their setting was Kabul, and the description of him...
Afghanistan’s stubbornness: An obstacle in regional development
Imtiaz Gul | At a May 2015 global forum in Beijing, former President Hamid Karzai had talked of high time to "recommit ourselves to peaceful...
Supporting Baloch insurgency: Where are Indian “high moral grounds”?
Tayyaba Sattar | New Delhi and Islamabad are once again at each other’s throat as tensions between the two continue to escalate. India is finding...
Israel-Palestine soccer battle puts FIFA in a pickle
James M. Dorsey | The perennial dispute between Israel and Palestine has put world soccer body FIFA in a bind. With FIFA groping on how...
Focusing on ISIS: Are we losing sight of a bigger enemy in Afghanistan?
Michael Kugelman | On April 13, the U.S. military dropped a huge bomb on caves and tunnels used by Islamic State fighters in eastern Afghanistan....
How do you know who am I?
Moeed Pirzada | How do you know who am I ? And what I meant? – A day earlier I was arguing the same with...
JIT: Now is the real test of Pakistan’s institutions
Saad Rasool | Earlier this week, the honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan, pursuant to the Panama Leaks judgment, dated 20th April, 2017, constituted the special...
Will the “Aam Admi” really vote for PML-N, again?
Dr. Farid A. Malik | While addressing a public meeting at Jacobabad, Saad Rafiq roared that they will rule the province of Sindh by Aam...
Indo-Pak ties: Who will end up on the losing side?
Zeeshan Munir | On May 2, 2017, Indian army accused Pakistani troops of killing and mutilating two of its soldiers patrolling the Line of Control...
Afghan attack on Chaman border: What are Pakistan’s options?
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | The Chaman-Spin Boldak Border between Pakistan and Afghanistan has become a heated battlefield since Friday's violations by the Afghan forces....
Pakistan: No option but to hit back at India & its Afghan proxy
Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan | Rule one on the page of the book of war is: do not march on Moscow. This was said by...
The Early history of Christianity and how it spread
Michael Kulikowski | The Roman Empire became Christian during the fourth century CE. At the century’s start, Christians were – at most – a substantial minority...