Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban resumed peace talks in Istanbul on Thursday, aiming to tackle the issue of cross-border terrorism and avoid further escalation between the two sides. IMAGE: Afghan......
'Shock, confusion, and paralysis reigned.''Pakistan was caught in a most embarrassing situation. It could neither claim credit for the operation nor admit to a dismal intelligence failure and lack......
Sections in the US State Department and Pentagon have always felt more comfortable dealing with all powerful Pakistani generals instead of elected civilians, points out Rana Banerji, who headed the......
Some leaders of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed have claimed that their outfit played a role in last year's mass anti-government protests in......
The Haqqani Network is one of the most dreaded terrorist groups in the region. The Haqqanis have been allies of every bad guy around -- al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, the Taliban, both the Afghan and......