The Afghans are being made to believe that Pakistan’s military and the ISI are responsible for all their troubles.

As the leader of ‘Iranophobic’ Gulf Arab states, Saudi Arabia has always tended to contain the Iranian revolution.

The US should realise that now is the time for peace because the July drawdown will embolden the Taliban.

Tribal militias incensed by government’s reported secretive moves to make peace with the Taliban.

If our politicians really care about sovereignty, they should get the drone attacks stopped.

No conqueror has managed to tame the unruly, fiercely-independent martial tribes of Afghans.

Is orthodox Islam essentially violent and Sufi Islam non-violent? My answer is, ‘no’.

Any hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan could spell disaster and plunge the country into another civil war.

The western intelligentsia, especially the media, should come forward to stop the demonisation of Muslims.

The feuds triggered by lashkars could make Pashtun society, already embroiled in long-running blood feuds, living hell