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 ...

WASHINGTON: The first Pushtun uprising is now reported from Afghanistan. <div class="section1"><div class="Normal">washington: the first pushtun uprising is now ...

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 ...

THE next phase that the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan are entering is likely to usher in another deadly period of counter-terrorism operations and intense manoeuvring between the US, Russia, China ...

IN A cramped warehouse in the east-central town of Ghazni not long ago, 20 men, including a bunch of 15-year-olds who had bunked off school, gathered around plastic tables to empty out ballot boxes ...

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 ...

LAHORE: Hundreds of students from Pushtun and Baloch Councils of Punjab University have been protesting against the police and administration for arresting the Pashtun Educational Development Movement ...