Public debate on Afghanistan today is increasingly shaped by frustration, grievance and a deep sense of injustice – much of it directed outward, particularly towards Pakistan.
Given Afghanistan’s long history of conflict, displacement and external interference, these emotions are understandable. Yet while…
THE announcement by the Afghan Taliban regime of a new penal code to govern their country’s criminal justice system should concern not only the Afghans but anyone who is attentive to the relationship between law, power and social order. What has emerged…
No one is interested in the media to discuss what is going on in Balochistan. The Federal Information Secretary, in his twitter message on 10th April, revealed that the national TV channels, on average, “give coverage to Balochistan for 34 seconds in…
The Taliban have fully controlled Afghanistan since 15th August 2021. They entered Kabul without a fight while capturing most of the provinces in three months; in most cases, the Afghan National Defence Forces (ANDF) merely surrendered or melted down. With the conquest…
At a time when the world is fast headed for a bipolar world overshadowed by the US and China competition, India and Pakistan seem oblivious to the myriad challenges they face because of internecine disputes. Since both are not on talking terms,…
The Ukraine war has gone wrong for all the stakeholders. Russia may have miscalculated the success of its “special operation” against Ukraine, negating earlier commentaries that Russia would defeat Ukraine in a matter of weeks.
The Ukrainian resistance, with the assistance of…
The undeniable fact is that the Taliban are in control of Afghanistan. However, the international community still deals with the country like a pariah state, adding to the vows of ordinary Afghans suffering from acute poverty. The US withdrew from the country…
The recent drone attacks on the Iranian defence forces’ installations are a stark reminder to the revolutionary regime that in the neighbourhood, especially in the Gulf region, countries are looking for an opportunity to sabotage the Iranian nuclear programme before it becomes…
The BBC’s documentary on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s involvement in the 2002 Gujarat massacre has come as a bombshell for India’s ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). The Modi government was swift to block the two-part programme, telecast with a gap of…
In a few days, India will be observing its 76th Republic Day. The country has always boasted its credentials as the world’s largest secular democracy. While India has always been a Hindu state, its founding fathers consciously decided to keep the country…
