Taliban Will Be Around For A Long While

Unless the Taliban goofs up in a big way, which seems highly unlikely, we are looking at a regime that will be around for quite a long while, predicts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Talibs on......

Pak convinced Taliban to talk to US: Minister

No country can "ignore" Pakistan as it convinced the Afghan Taliban to hold dialogue with the United States, Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has said as he boasted of Islamabad's significant......

Why the Afghans LOST the War

When corruption eats into the vitals of a nation, the State structures decompose and collapse.And when the leadership loses respect of the people, the war is lost, asserts Ambassador M K......

Afghanistan is done with jihad

The Taliban have the ISIS in its crosshairs.The Taliban has shown the skill to assimilate extremist elements if they are reconcilable as well as the ruthlessness to eliminate troublemakers,......