Taliban
Miranshah, Lawrence of Arabia and Rani Mukherjee
Pakistan army’s attempt to rebuild a war-battered Miranshah in FATA is also premised on creating a narrative and symbols that shows the presence of a foreign hand — India
Before Miranshah in Pakistan’s Waziristan was left in a state of disrepair after the Pakistan army launched a military operation — Zarb-e-Azb — in 2014 to oust the entrenched Pakistan Taliban, this frontier town had built a reputation for Pashtun assertion and the giddy romanticism of the Raj days.
Pakistan’s bruised frontier
A journey to Pakistan’s FATA revealed how despite the army’s attempts to revive a former frontier town, the scars left behind by the war are still far from getting healed
Taliban suicide bomber kills 35 in Kabul
While claiming responsibility for the attack, Taliban claimed that several intelligence officers have been killed
Hardnews Bureau Delhi
Afghanistan’s Pak Dilemma
The departure of Rehmatullah Nabil, as the head of Afghan intelligence, brings to the fore the internal rift within the government on the issue of ties with Pakistan
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi
Afghanistan: A Grim Winter and New Year Ahead?
Shrinivasrao S. Sohoni Kabul
'ISIS is really, a huge concern for China' –Andrew Small
In an interview with Hardnews, Small talks about the unrest in the middle–east and especially Syria, what it means for China and how it would determine international economic and diplomatic policies
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi
Af-Pak: The Murree Gambit
Shrinivasrao S Sohoni Kabul
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will change the region: Andrew Small
In an interview with Hardnews, Small explains Beijing's changing relationship with Islamabad
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi
Af-Pak: Spy Game in Afghanistan
The MoU between the espionage agencies of Afghanistan and Pakistan is a case of the latter showing India the finger, never mind that it flies in the face of history and logic
Vikram Sood Delhi