An unprecedented meeting between the Taliban, Afghan officials, and delegates from various political parties and civil society last week has raised hopes for peace, but it must now be followed up by a cease-fire to pave the way to lasting peace in the country.
In Afghanistan, preserving the Silk Road may literally be the path to peace. Home to some of the world’s ancient civilizations, the areas comprising Afghanistan today have been at the crossroads of most of world history.
It is strange that the Taliban are mainly fighting a war with Afghan government forces but are negotiating only with the United States.
Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest but least-populated, most impoverished province, deserves a more equitable share in major Chinese investments.
Pakistan is hailing its economic relief package from Saudi Arabia as a success. Riyadh’s generosity, however, is unlikely to alleviate Islamabad’s woes and could prove counterproductive in its relations with major Muslim countries at a time when the Saudis are considered international pariahs.
Quetta without it bright and brilliant lawyers feels like an orphaned city. A deep silence rules the streets of the city, which shows that the August 8 attack has successfully achieved its target.
A new movement demanding security for Pakistan's ethnic Pashtun minority is calling for the country’s leaders to roll back destructive policies that have fomented domestic volatility, ruined neighboring Afghanistan and fueled the longest war in U.S. history.
As the United States renews its commitment to Afghanistan this year, it is important to define failure and victory in a country afflicted by war for nearly four decades.
With the dreaded annual Taliban spring offensive expected to start in earnest any day now, there are many nervous people on both sides of the Central Asia-Afghan border, and the situation is already more alarming and far more confusing than it was last year.
Iran’s Shi’te clerical regime is forming a strategic alliance with Afghanistan’s hard-line Sunni Taliban. Their covert coalition will have far-reaching consequences for Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, as well as rigid Islamist militant groups and regimes throughout the greater Middle East.
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