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The writer is an independent security and political risk consultant.

Durands Curse By Rajiv Dogra, Rupa Publications, Rs 595

Calling the cursed' Durand Line what it is

Everything suggests the manner in which the Durand agreement was signed constitutes a dark chapter in Afghan history.

13 Oct 2017 12:42 AM IST

Zakir Musa (Photo: PTI)

J&K jihad: Twist in the tale

The Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyaba joined the anti-Musa chorus, accusing him of being part of an Indian conspiracy.

27 Sept 2017 3:19 AM IST

US President Donald Trump signed into law a new batch of sanctions on Beijing, Tehran, and Moscow. (Photo: AP)

Afghanistan: Trump has changed the big picture

Mr Trumps announcement failed to elicit a highly positive response in the United States and India, where it should have.

4 Sept 2017 12:34 AM IST

The Stunning Inside Story of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda in Flight by Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy, Bloomsbury, Rs 699.

The truth behind bin Laden's death Not really

The bulk of the action is centred in Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden and his family arrived from Afghanistan following...

16 July 2017 1:02 AM IST

US Defence Secretary James Mattis. (Photo: AP)

Taliban creeping back to Kabul, with Pak aid

The Taliban has claimed it controls four of Kandahar's 18 districts and dominates five more.

22 Jun 2017 2:35 AM IST

What Will Leapfrog India in the Twenty-First Century By Surendra Kumar Wisdom Tree pp. 227, Rs 379.

Many views on Future India

Given the challenges, it is only fitting that Indians generate ideas, suggestions and roadmaps to take the country...

28 April 2017 1:29 AM IST

African students protest the attack against the attack on a Congolese national in Delhi.

Can India overcome its racial prejudices?

The problem is that Indian culture has a shadowy core full of festering toxic beliefs.

5 April 2017 2:41 AM IST

China wants India to give Tawang in the east.

Tawang: Why we must counter China's threats

The Tawang monastery is the biggest Tibetan monastery after Lhasa.

6 March 2017 12:23 AM IST

Author Tilak Devasher believes that the collapse or failure of the Pakistani state cannot be good news, both for the region and for the world.

Reflecting on Pakistan's failures

An account of how Pakistan has doomed itself and how it will affect the world.

24 Feb 2017 6:59 AM IST

Men carry the coffin of a relative who died in a suicide attack on the Supreme Court in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Afghanistan once again a flashpoint

This month, at least 22 people were killed and 41 wounded in a suicide blast at Afghanistan's Supreme Court in Kabul.

21 Feb 2017 12:57 AM IST

Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed (Photo: AP)

Saeed arrest': Just smoke & mirrors?

The ISI kept a large chunk of the inflows to itself and channelled the rest to loyal Islamist Afghan groups.

4 Feb 2017 12:13 AM IST

TMC MP Sudip Bandopadhyay being taken by CBI officers to Bhubaneswar for further inquiry who was arrested in connection with Rose Valley chit fund scam in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

As arrests hit TMC, testing time for CBI

The outsider has traditionally been regarded as the cause of all the state's woes.

6 Jan 2017 12:52 AM IST