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Afghanistan continues to be roiled by a violent Taliban insurgency, but reconciliation talks in Abu Dhabi have brought the warring parties a bit closer to peace, according to UAE officials. Photo: iStock.

Afghanistan, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Turkey, World

Afghanistan’s criminalized politics threaten state security

by Ihsanullah Omarkhail May 14, 2018

Members of the Taliban in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. File Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia, World

The war and death strategy of the Taliban

by Ihsanullah Omarkhail May 10, 2018

Afghan commandos. Photo: Reuters/Nasir Wakif

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia

The Taliban’s counter-strategy in Afghanistan

by Haroun Mir May 9, 2018

A wounded Afghan man lies on a trolley as others take him to a hospital after a blast at a voter registration center in Khost province on May 6, 2018.A blast at a voter registration centre in Afghanistan's restive east on May 6 killed or wounded at least 30 people, officials said, capping a bloody week in the war-torn country. Photo: AFP / Farid Zahir

Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia, Wuhan

Abduction of Indians by Taliban puts spotlight on Afghanistan policies

by Vivek Katju May 7, 2018

Image: iStock

Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, World

Will Afghanistan’s cycle of violence ever end?

by Haroun Mir May 2, 2018

Police try to help wounded Afghan journalists, victims of a second blast, in Kabul on Monday. Photo: Reuters/Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan, European Union, France, South Asia, World

Kabul bombings kill 8 journalists, death toll at least 25

by Asia Times staff April 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan July 11, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo

Afghanistan, South Asia, World

What has gone wrong in Afghanistan?

by Haroun Mir April 24, 2018

Outgoing Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan, Manpreet Vohra, shows his cricket prowess in Kabul. Photo: Courtesy of the Indian Embassy in Kabul

Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

High civilian casualties in Afghanistan, while the world dithers

by Ruchi Kumar April 24, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Flickr Commons

Afghanistan, AT Finance, India, Pakistan, South Asia, Vietnam, World

United States ‘under attack in a true sense’

by Atta Rasool Malik April 18, 2018

Afghanistan, China, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, World

Will US negotiate an exit strategy with the Taliban?

by Haroun Mir April 17, 2018April 17, 2018

Afghan National Army troops arrive at the site of the attack on the base in Mazar-i-Sharif. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, Syria, World

The United States’ diminishing leverage in Afghanistan

by Haroun Mir April 12, 2018

Activists of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan wave party flags as they gather to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day in Islamabad. Photo: AFP / Aamir Qureshi

India, Pakistan, South Asia

Islamist parties re-create coalition to ‘establish sharia’ in Pakistan

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid April 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Malala Yousafzai arrives in the Swat Valley by helicopter on March 31, 2018. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Malala, progressives not responsible for Pakistan’s woes

by Imad Zafar April 2, 2018

A THAAD interceptor is test-launched in Kodiak, Alaska, on July 11, 2017. Photo: Leah Garton / Missile Defense Agency / Handout via Reuters

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Weapons for anyone: Trump and the art of the arms deal

by William D Hartung April 2, 2018

Members of the Taliban in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. File Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, South Asia, World

President Ghani offers ‘unconditional’ peace talks to the Taliban

by Ruchi Kumar March 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Workers stand by a gas pipe near the town of Serhetabat, Turkmenistan, on February 23, during a launch ceremony for construction work on TAPI, a natural gas pipeline that will link Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan and India. Photo: Reuters / Marat Gurt

Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, World

Afghanistan ready to play connector role in Eurasian integration

by Pepe Escobar February 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Western powers want action against terrorist Hafiz Saeed and his groups. Photo: Reuters / Mohsin Raza

Afghanistan, France, Germany, India, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Hafiz Sayeed’s groups put on UN terror list

by Saikat Datta and Kunwar Khuldune Shahid February 15, 2018February 18, 2020

People hold sign as they gather to condemn the death of Naqibullah Mehsud, whose family said was killed by police in a so-called "encounter killing", during a grand jirga (tribal assembly or public meeting) in Karachi, Pakistan January 22, 2018. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia

Campaign against Pashtuns undermines rule of law

by Rahim Nasar February 11, 2018February 12, 2018

Photo: Reuters/Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, India, Italy, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Terror in the name of terror

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan February 8, 2018February 8, 2018

Combat weapons, US dollars and ammunition scattered on a sackcloth. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Egypt, Middle East, South Asia, World

As ISIS fighters return, Central Asia braces for attacks

by Tatiana Kanunnikova February 4, 2018

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor aims to strengthen China's strategic and economic ties in South Asia and help Pakistan reduce its dependency on the US and its allies in the West.Image: Wikimedia Commons

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, France, Germany, India, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

US-Pakistan relations: A troubling scenario for South Asia

by Rahim Nasar February 4, 2018

President Donald Trump has blamed Pakistan for failures in the continuing conflict in Afghanistan. Image: iStock/Juanmonino

Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

India misleading US on why it is failing in Afghanistan

by Atta Rasool Malik January 31, 2018January 31, 2018

Members of Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan, an Islamist political party, gather during a sit-in in Rawalpindi on November 17, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Faisal Mahmood

Afghanistan, India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Jihad decree triggers demands for holy war on Kashmir

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid January 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Islamic religious students take mid-term exams at Jamia Binoria, a seminary in Karachi, on January 26, 2017. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia

New plan to ‘mainstream’ Pakistan’s madrassas faces hurdles

by F.M. Shakil January 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Supporters of opposition leader Imran Khan's PTI political party attend a celebration rally in Islamabad on July 30, 2017, after the Pakistani Supreme Court disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Photo: Reuters / Faisal Mahmood

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia

Pakistan’s main opposition party allies with ‘Taliban seminary’

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid January 11, 2018February 18, 2020

A shopkeeper waits for customers in Kabul on December 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia

Trump’s Twitter threat to Pakistan wins Afghans’ favor

by Ruchi Kumar January 10, 2018February 18, 2020

US Army soldiers take a defensive position in the desert, ready for any trouble that comes their way. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Mapping a world from hell: 76 countries now involved in US ‘war on terror’

by Tom Engelhardt January 9, 2018January 9, 2018

Afghanistan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, (L) China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif after the first China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing on December 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

China mediates between Pakistan and Afghanistan

by Sabena Siddiqui January 4, 2018

Women walk near the site of the Taliban's destruction of the Bamyan Buddhas. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, South Asia, World

Religious intolerance in Asia: victimizing ‘the other’

by Sunil Kukreja January 1, 2018

Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, believes there are grounds to investigate violations of international law committed in Afghanistan during the last 15 years. Such a probe would set a precedent in Asia.Photo: Max Koot/Wikimedia Commons.

Afghanistan, Middle East, South Asia, World

International Criminal Court probe could set Asia precedent

by Abraham Joseph November 25, 2017