Yet again, the situation surrounding the ethnic Rohingya community of Burma has burgeoned from a national disgrace to a regional shame. Despite what had appeared to be a coincidence of
Hippies, Russians, the Taliban – Afghanistan has always had a little something for everyone. Now a land in crisis is getting reacquainted with tourists.
I am going to be the only
Much of the current debate on Afghanistan is focused on efforts to understand the changing dynamics and consequences of the ongoing conflict, plus erratic and self-serving proposals by the
At a recent international development conference in Johannesburg an expert on conflict, development, HIV/AIDS and climate change – a person of Southasian ancestry, naturalised in the UK and with a
Stranger to History: A son's journey through Islamic lands by Aatish Taseer
Picador, 2009
When he was eight, Aatish Taseer sent a letter to his politician father, who
Unraveling the Taliban phenomenon has never been easy, but it has undoubtedly become more complex with the rise of the Pakistani Taliban in 2003, making it necessary to differentiate this
After the war ends in Sri Lanka, it is the Pashtun region of Southasia that will remain the most violent corner on earth. The depredations of the Taliban and al-
By using illegal FM radio broadcasts, militants in Pakistan are gaining the stature of a parallel government, . But one government response shows that the militants have power but not credibility.
Under the terms of the latest 'peace deal' in the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA), the militants have gained everything and the government nothing.
The Swat Valley has
India's 15th Lok Sabha election is just around the corner, with Indian voters set to cast their ballots between 16 April and 13 May in polling spread over
