The end of the Soviet war in Afghanistan began one improbably sunny November day, when many in Moscow had spilled out on to the city’s parks and embankments to enjoy the...
Mustafa Malik
How to Rig an Election
It’s almost over. Will we heave a sigh of relief, or shriek in horror? Nobody knows for sure, although early indications clearly lean Clinton. Whatever happens, however,...
Sharbat Gula: Lessons for Pakistan
For nearly 15 days, the world media rang with the ‘injustice’ that Pakistan was meting out to the National Geographic famed ‘Afghan Girl’ Sharbat Gula. Most of media...
Pakistan, China Ink MoU to Eradicate Corruption
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry and Chinese Minister of Supervision and Inspection Huang Shuxian Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding...
The Ultimate AfPak Reading List
Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion, 1979-1989 & the Rise of the Taliban, 1994-2001 Barfield, Thomas. Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton...
Pakistan Warns India Against Breach of Water Treaty
Islamabad has warned New Delhi that Pakistan will respond with full force if India shows open aggression by breaching the World Bank-sponsored Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). “India...
Three Indian ‘Undercover Agents’ Leave Pakistan
India on Tuesday withdrew three staff members of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad who were accused of being involved in subversive activities in Pakistan. “Three of...
China Adopts Controversial Cybersecurity Law In Face Of Overseas Opposition
China adopted a controversial cybersecurity law on Monday to counter what Beijing says are growing threats such as hacking and terrorism, although the law has triggered...
Natgeo’s ‘Afghan Girl’ Opts For Afghanistan
An iconic green-eyed ‘Afghan refugee girl’ whose 1985 photo in the National Geographic became a symbol of her country’s wars has turned down a provincial government’s...
A Humanitarian Crisis Looms In Afghanistan as the Number Of Displaced Climbs
Abdulhalim fled the northern city of Kunduz this month after militants and security forces had been clashing for days. Now he’s 200 miles away in Kabul, sleeping in a tent and...
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