Ex-Indian Ambassador to Pakistan suggests that India support Afghanistan & not recognize the Durand line
Jamal Hussain| Satish Chandra, a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan has penned an article where he has recommended to the Indian government to openly...
Will Hekmatyar’s return cause division in Afghanistan?
After a lapse of 20 years, former warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar returned to Kabul on Thursday. His return was met with a mixture of uneasiness...
Af-Pak border heating up: Who is to be blamed?
On Friday, the Afghan forces fired upon troops of the Frontier Corps (FC) who were providing security to the census team on the Chaman...
Mother of All Bombs: nothing more than a mere theatrical act by the US?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The BBC’s first-hand report from the remote site in the southern Afghanistan province of Nangarhar where the US dropped the Mother...
U.S will confront Russia about its role in Afghanistan
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The seething US-Russia rivalry in Afghanistan took a sharp turn with the explosive threat held out by the visiting US Defense...
Afghanistan: A Graveyard of Empires or an Afghan Cemetery
By Adnan Qaiser | Alexander Cockburn had rightly identified Afghanistan as “nothing but mountains filled with barbarous ethnics with views as medieval as their muskets...
On Afghanistan: How successful will the US be adopting a hardline policy towards Pakistan?
Dr Muhammad Ali Ehsan | Just days after the visit of US national security advisor Lieutenant General HR McMaster to Pakistan, we saw the enormous...
Afghanistan: Once again becoming a U.S.-Russia Proxy Battle
Russia's interest in Afghanistan is not new. Moscow's imperial expansion into Central Asia in the 19th century coincided with British expansion in India, during...
Afghan Defense minister and Army Chief Resign: What next?
News Analysis| The Afghan defense minister and the Afghan army chief resigned on Monday, a few days after one of the most terrifying Taliban attacks...
Afghan Army’s biggest set back: Has Trump’s ‘Mother of all Bombs’ backfired?
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | In a gruesome attack on the Afghan National Army headquarters, more than 100 people lost their lives. The military formation...
The US in Afghanistan: A tale of follies & miscalculations
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | The decision to use GBU 43 bomb - the mother of all bombs - against hideouts of ISIS in Nangarhar,...
“Mother of all bombs” kills 36 ISIS fighters: Is there more to come?
The Afghan defence ministry has confirmed that up to 36 suspected Islamic State militants were killed in Afghanistan, yesterday when the US dropped its bomb on...