Life as a child in Osama bin Ladin’s compound in Abbottabad
The home videos which were seized from his Abbottabad compound after Seal Team Six stormed it and killed the 9/11 mastermind have been released...
Why will US military continue to fail in Afghanistan?
Saleem Akhtar Malik | On 7th October 2001, almost a month after the tumultuous bombing of the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, U.S. and British...
The CIA’s new anti-Taliban strategy might help Daesh
Andrew Korybko | The New York Times reported over the weekend that the CIA would be redirecting most of its Afghan efforts towards directly thwarting...
Pakistan trying to crack a fresh helicopter deal with the US!
News analysis| Pakistan is trying to crack a new deal to reacquire an unspecified number of helicopters to carry out anti-narcotics operations in FATA and Balochistan....
Rescue of Coleman-Boyle family: Myth of ‘good & bad Taliban’ rebuffed
Jamal Hussain | The liberation of the Canadian/American couple and their three children from the clutches of Haqqani groups by Pakistan military made headline breaking...
US strikes at India-Russia defense ties
M K BhadraKumar | In the post-cold war era, the United States and Russia kept a decent distance vis-à -vis each other while plowing their respective relations...
‘Repercussions’ of the US bid to isolate Iran!
Asif Haroon Raja| Iran under Reza Shah Pahlavi enjoyed best of relations with the United States of America (USA) as well as Kingdom of Saudi...
Analyzing the future of ‘Trump’ Afghan Policy
News Analysis | I have never been a great admirer of Hussain Haqqani (Pakistan’s former Ambassador to the United States), but two observations that he...
The Blueprint For The 100-Year-Long US-Indian Strategic Partnership
Andrew Korybko | Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke very highly about the US’ plans to make India its preferred strategic partner in the 21st...
Where were the US-Canadian hostages before they were freed?
Jamal Hussain | The Pakistani version is unambiguous—they were somewhere in Afghanistan from where the abducted family was in the process of being moved across...
US airstrikes are killing more civilians than terrorists
Steven Feldstein | When President Donald Trump took office in January, it was unclear whether the bombast from his campaign would translate into an aggressive new...
Tillerson’s tough talk in New Delhi against Pakistan: What next?
News Analysis | US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson has said that India is a natural partner in the fight against terrorism while accusing Pakistan...