Has Pakistan Learnt Its Afghan Lessons?

Imran Khan knows Pakistan is holding a strong hand and doesn't have to flaunt it while claiming victory.But Pakistan has learned from the experience of the 1990s -- high risk of going out on a......

China, Russia and Pak envoys meet Taliban officials on govt formation

Special envoys of China, Russia and Pakistan have met the top officials of the Taliban's interim government as well as Afghan leaders Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul and discussed the......

US Influence in Afghanistan has touched Ground Zero

A confrontation with the Taliban in Kabul in this fading light of a twilight zone would have been sheer madness, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, who played a stellar role in beginning India's......

'US wants Haqqanis, not Saeed'

'Perhaps the biggest indication was its striking decision in November to delink LeT from its aid certification process.''The administration decided that the US, in order to send military aid to......