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Af-Pak Diary: Decoding Hakimullah Mehsud’s Talks Offer
D Suba Chandran analyses the strategic implications of Hakimullah's recent video message

Reading Pakistan: How does Pakistan see the War on Terrorism?
D Suba Chandran argues that violence and extremism in Pakistan is not a post-9/11 phenomenon alone

Self-immolations in Tibet-I: Wider Implications
Bhavna Singh attributes the recent spate of self-immolations to severe psychological despair among Tibetans

Can the Taliban be convinced to renounce al Qaeda?
Radha Vinod Raju explores the prospects of Taliban’s renunciation of al Qaeda

An Attack on Sufism
Radha Vinod Raju discusses the threat posed by Wahabism to Sufism

Foreign Hand in Iran Bombing?
M Mahtab Alam Rizvi considers the allegation of foreign involvement in recent suicide bombings

SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/DISCUSSIONS
News
2 bombs kill 9, wound 70 inside Afghan gated community linked to Karzai family in south
Washington Post, 17 May 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two bombs hidden in a motorcycle and a car exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday evening, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 70 near the southern...

Twin bombs strike at Afghan checkpoint near governor’s compound, killing 1 police officer
Washington Post, 15 May 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two bombs exploded at a checkpoint outside a provincial governor’s compound in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one police officer, an official said. The explosions struck in the early morning in Jalalabad,...

Motorcycle bomb at Afghan market kills 3 as NATO reports attack on US special forces
Washington Post, 14 May 2013
KABUL — A bomb hidden in a parked motorcycle ripped through a crowded Afghan market in southern Helmand province on Tuesday, killing at least three people, as NATO reported that U.S. special forces had come under attack the previous day north...

NATO: 3 coalition troops killed in insurgent attack on Georgian base in southern Afghanistan
Washington Post, 13 May 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — A truck bombing Monday killed three coalition service members in southern Afghanistan, NATO said in a statement. A local official said the attack targeted a base operated by  troops from Georgia. Omer Zawak, spokesman...

11 Afghan landmine clearers abducted, bomb kills intelligence officer
Washington Post, 11 May 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — Unidentified kidnappers have abducted 11 Afghans working in a U.N.-affiliated landmine clearing program in the east of the country, officials said Saturday.The 11 were taken  Thursday in a remote part of Nangarhar...

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Issue Briefs, Special Reports, Research Papers
Iran and the Nuclear Conundrum: A War in Waiting?
J Jeganaathan
Issue Brief 195
Afghanistan & the International Community: Limitations of Engagement
Aryaman Bhatnagar
Issue Brief 194
The Crisis State: Pakistan’s Security Dilemma
D Suba Chandran
Issue Brief 192
Afghanistan-Pakistan-Iran: Radical Islam, Nuclear Weapons and Regional Security
Rana Banerji
Issue Brief 191
Suicide Terrorism in Pakistan: An Assessment
Jeremie Lanche
Special Report 84
Armed Conflicts in South Asia, 2009
Edited by Rekha Chakravarthi
Conference Report 15
Swat: A Chronology since 2006
Urvashi J Kumar
Special Report 68
Afghanistan: Talking to Taliban
Mayank S Bubna
Issue Brief 94
Suicide Terrorism (Jul-Dec 2007): A Review
Kanica Rakhra
Special Report 55
JAMMU & KASHMIR: Suicide & Suicidal Attacks - A Chronology (2004-2005)
Rekha Chakravarthi
Special Report 24
books
Armed Conflicts and Peace Processes in South Asia
D.Suba Chandran, ed.
New Delhi: Samskriti, 2006
Book reviews
Eleni Arzoglou reviews
The Martyrdom of Palestinian Female Suicide Bombers
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