While the Pushtun tribes are only 40 percent of the population, many insist that they are actually the majority (51-60 percent of the population), and should run the nation. In the past century or so, ...

November 27, 2009: The Afghan and Pakistani branches of the Taliban are becoming increasingly divided over means and objectives. What is going on here is Pushtun politics. The Afghan Taliban believe ...

QUETTA, Pakistan — A senior member of the Taliban government consulted with Afghan community leaders here Saturday in what was described as part of a broad-based initiative to negotiate the surrender ...

KICKING up dust in Kabul's main stadium, to a tinny background noise of Persian poetry and Muslim prayer, 10,000 Afghans gathered on August 7th for a rare glimpse of their president, Hamid Karzai. It ...

MILLIONS of Afghans are preparing to take part tomorrow in what some see as decisive elections in this war-torn land. Unlike previous elections since the 2002 fall of the Taliban, this campaign has ...

Charles Santos, an energy consultant and director of the Foundation for Central Asian Development, was previously a U.N. political advisor in Afghanistan. This article is based on research done by the ...

While opposing the war in Iraq during the US presidential campaign, Barack Obama underlined his determination to pursue the war in Afghanistan with greater vigour. His argument was that the US ...

Despite the advice of some military commanders and intelligence officials, the Obama administration has decided to increase U.S. aid to Pakistan due to the conviction that Washington cannot afford to ...

Extreme violence has erupted in Punjab University following the Baloch, Pushtun, and Saraiki councils’ attack on the Islami Jamiat Talba’s solidarity march in favour of Yasin Malik. In response to ...

IN THE EARLY hours of January 27th a charismatic former veterinary student was arrested in Peshawar. Manzoor Pashteen was accused of conspiracy, sedition, stoking ethnic hatred and attacking ...

KP CM Ali Amin Gandapur has not just come up with a plan for the division of the province, but has gone ahead with its implementation, and appointed an Additional Chief Secretary for the area, with a ...