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Prasanth R.
The Afghan Quagmire and Iran’s Alternative Perspective
09 Jan 2019
Iran seeks to view the Afghan crisis and other issues in the region through a post-west perspective, focusing on creating a shared understanding between countries in the area.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Iran Challenges Saudi Role In The Afghan Endgame
02 Jan 2019
It is highly improbable that the Saudi and Iranian tracks shall ever meet. The best hope will be that they do not collide.
Seema Guha
India’s ‘Silent’ Tango With Taliban
10 Nov 2018
If the ‘tough’ Modi government is willing to sit across the table with the Taliban, why should it not do the same with its own people -- Kashmiri separatists and Maoists?
V. Arun Kumar
Afghanistan: Suffering the Cost of 'Operation Enduring Freedom'
02 Feb 2018
As Trump continues to expand the military footprint in Afghanistan, more civilians become trapped in the fierce combat between the US forces and Taliban as well as IS.
Moon of Albama
Phoenix 2.0 - CIA to Unleash Vietnam Era Terror Campaign on Afghanistan
26 Oct 2017
Some 50,000-100,000 South-Vietnamese, all 'suspected communists', were killed by the CIA's roving gangs during the Vietnam War.
Vijay Prashad
Why Trump's New Strategy for Afghanistan is the Disaster You'd Expect it to Be
26 Aug 2017
On August 21, President Donald Trump announced that he plans to send more thousands of U.S. troops to Afghanistan to extend the American war that began in 2001.
Anees Zargar
What Does Trump's New Afghan Strategy Mean for South Asia?
24 Aug 2017
Trump’s reversal of position from his previous will to withdraw from Afghan war is likely to pave way for realignments in the region.
Glenn Greenwald Courtesy: The Intercept
New Study Shows Mass Surveillance Breeds Meekness, Fear and Self-Censorship
02 May 2016
A newly published study from Oxford’s Jon Penney provides empirical evidence for a key argument long made by privacy advocates: that the mere existence of a surveillance state breeds fear and…
Vijay Prashad Courtesy: al Araby
The US Bombed A Hospital
09 Oct 2015
It is not the first time, and won't be the last, that no one will be held to account for the heinous crimes of war, writes Vijay Prashad.
Prabir Purkayastha
Are We All Charlie Hebdo Now?
13 Jan 2015
The brutal attack on the Charles Hebdo office by gunmen belonging to either Al Qaeda or IS and the killing of 12 people there including some of the leading cartoonists in France, is without doubt a…