Fighting Like Kautilya: How The Taliban Grand Strategy Put Arthashastra Principles Into Practice
The eventual return of the Taliban to the helm at Kabul may be described as “sweeping,” but it cannot be ...
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PM Imran Khan Announces Pakistan To Play Role In Bringing Taliban Towards Inclusive Afghan Government
Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced that he has initiated dialogue with the Taliban in Afghanistan to move towards a ...
2 Dead, 19 Injured In Jalalabad Attacks Targeting Taliban Vehicles
At least two people have been killed and 19 more wounded in a series of explosions that targeted Taliban vehicles ...
Guns And Spoons: Is A Phase of Imperialism Coming Full Circle?
What could possibly be common between the Taliban brandishing their weapons in Kabul and Palestinians twirling their spoons (yes, teaspoons) ...
Govt’s Amnesty Offer To Taliban ‘Unilateral’, ‘Insult To Terror Victims’: Bilawal
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has lashed out at government efforts to offer an amnesty to elements within the banned ...
Male Pupils To Resume School In Afghanistan, No Word From Taliban Yet On Female School-Age Students
Afghanistan's ministry of education has announced that boys' schools will reopen from Saturday, after the month-long closure while the capital ...
Foreign Office Says Pakistan Won’t Take Any Pressure On The Decision To Recognise Taliban Govt
Pakistan’s decision on recognising the Taliban government in Afghanistan will be determined by its national interests, the Foreign Office has ...
“Let Them Be Happy Please”: Veena Malik Says Afghanistan Belongs To The Taliban
Actress Veena Malik has come out in support of the Afghan Taliban, in an interview with DW Urdu. She disagreed ...
Biden Has A Huge Responsibility Towards Afghan Women: Malala Yousafzai
President Biden has a “huge responsibility” towards the women of Afghanistan whose freedoms have been reined in under Taliban rule, ...
‘Cannot Afford Another Phase of Terrorism’: ANP Leaders Raise Concern On Growing Incidents of Terrorism, Target Killings
ANP Leader Amir Haider Hoti said the public and security institutions were facing serious threats Government-dictated electoral reforms unacceptable, say ...
History Does Repeat Itself: The US Debacle In Afghanistan, Seen Through The Prism Of The Past
Nothing sums up the dilemma of the Western occupiers of Afghanistan more than an oil painting by Elizabeth Thompson, Lady ...
‘Do Not Touch My Clothes’: Afghan Women Pushback Against Taliban Dress Code
When women appeared at a pro-Taliban rally in Kabul, many people around the world were shocked to see their long, ...
The Last Thing Pakistan Needs Is A Military Alliance Around Afghanistan
In popular imagination of the Pakistani society, the country has to be larger and stronger than it is at present; ...
Photographs of Kajol, Rani Mukherjee Spotted In A Suicide Bomber’s Preparation Room
An old video of a reconstructed Taliban safehouse has gone viral on social media. Social media users are particularly amused ...
Stacks Of Cash And Bars Of Gold Recovered From Amrullah Saleh’s House, Taliban Claim
Stacks of US dollars and gold bars were recovered from the residence of former Afghan vice president Amrullah Saleh in ...
Disinformation Wars: Retired Indian Army Officer Becomes Butt Of Jokes After Sharing Photo From A Movie Set As ‘Truth’ Of Pakistan Army in Panjshir
Since the fall of the Pansjhir province to the Taliban last week, the Indian media seems to have launched a ...
An Emerging US-Taliban Alliance Will Be A Serious Challenge For Afghanistan’s Neighbors
The sudden takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban has truly been a dramatic moment for the international community and a ...
What Will Modi Do Now That Islamophobia Is No Longer In Vogue?
Indian media has been pegging away, at a nagging length, on the “terrorists” in the Taliban cabinet and who are ...
Afghanistan Takeover: Did The Real Taliban Just Emerge From The Closet?
After two weeks of mystery about which Taliban the world would be dealing with, we learned on Tuesday the list ...
‘His Body Should Rot’: Family Says Taliban Did Not Allow Burial of Amrullah Saleh’s Brother After They Executed Him
The Taliban have executed Rohullah Azizi, the brother of former Afghan vice president Amrullah Saleh. News of the killing of ...
Moeed Yusuf Dismisses Accusations Of Pakistani Involvement In Panjshir Fighting On CNN Interview
National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf has rejected claims that Pakistan had been supporting Taliban forces in the fight to ...
Afghanistan: Fake News And Foreign Intervention
Pakistan remains committed to diplomatic efforts to address the evolving situation in Afghanistan and get a broad regional consensus on ...
What The Future Looks Like For Afghanistan’s New Masters: Two Possibilities
“They may ring their bells now, before long they will be wringing their hands," said Sir Robert Walpole. The first ...
Pakistan To Consider Amnesty For TTP Members Who Surrender And ‘Not Involved In Crimes’: President Alvi
President Dr. Arif Alvi has said the Pakistani government can consider an amnesty for members of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) ...
Afghan Journalists Tortured With Whips, Cables And Batons For Covering Women’s Protest
Images of two Afghan journalists beaten by the Taliban have raised fresh concerns about the future of media in Afghanistan. ...
Pakistan And Afghanistan: Lost Opportunities
The media in Pakistan and Afghanistan is full of analysis and predictions about the region after the Taliban’s blood-less takeover ...
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