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  • Indo-Afghan Strategic Partnership Agreement: Potential Problems
    Aryaman Bhatnagar.    ·   24 Oct, 2011    ·    #3479    ·    Commentary    
    The recently held talks between Hamid Karzai and Manmohan Singh culminated in a strategic pact between the two countries. It entrusts India with the responsibility of training the Afghan Army once the American troops withdraw from Afghanistan in 20 ...
  • Indo-Afghan Strategic Partnership Agreement: Potential Problems
    Aryaman Bhatnagar.    ·   24 Oct, 2011    ·    #3479    ·    Commentary    
    The recently held talks between Hamid Karzai and Manmohan Singh culminated in a strategic pact between the two countries. It entrusts India with the responsibility of training the Afghan Army once the American troops withdraw from Afghanistan in 20 ...
  • Nuristan: The Second Front in the Afghan Insurgency
    Raghav Sharma.    ·   16 Oct, 2011    ·    #3476    ·    Commentary    
    Much has been written about the US surge, much of it being directed towards mounting military offenses against the Taliban in its traditional strongholds in the south. NATO generals too have laid tall claims at having made ‘credible’ ye ...
  • Nuristan: The Second Front in the Afghan Insurgency
    Raghav Sharma.    ·   16 Oct, 2011    ·    #3476    ·    Commentary    
    Much has been written about the US surge, much of it being directed towards mounting military offenses against the Taliban in its traditional strongholds in the south. NATO generals too have laid tall claims at having made ‘credible’ ye ...
  • Reading Pakistan: What if US-Pak Ties Break?
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   04 Oct, 2011    ·    #3473    ·    Commentary    
    A bill has already been introduced in the US Congress to cut aid to Pakistan, following the accusation that the Haqqani network has been functioning as a ‘veritable arm’ of the ISI in Afghanistan. Pakistan has retorted that such accusat ...
  • Reading Pakistan: Why is the Haqqani Network so Important?
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   26 Sep, 2011    ·    #3469    ·    Commentary    
    Why is Pakistan, in particular the ISI, willing to risk its relations with the US and worsen its already tarred international image by continuing the linkages with the Haqqani network? Is supporting the Haqqani network more important for Pakistan t ...
  • Af-Pak Diary: From Ahmad Shah Massoud to Rabbani
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   26 Sep, 2011    ·    #3465    ·    Commentary    
    Early this month, Burhanuddin Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan was assassinated by a Taliban suicide bomber. Why did the Taliban brutally dispose off Rabbani, the leader of Afghan Peace Council, which was entrusted with the responsibility o ...
  • Af-Pak Diary: From Ahmad Shah Massoud to Rabbani
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   26 Sep, 2011    ·    #3465    ·    Commentary    
    Early this month, Burhanuddin Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan was assassinated by a Taliban suicide bomber. Why did the Taliban brutally dispose off Rabbani, the leader of Afghan Peace Council, which was entrusted with the responsibility o ...
  • Iran’s Climb-down: The Quixotic Backdrop
    Abhijit Iyer-Mitra.    ·   22 Sep, 2011    ·    #3460    ·    Commentary    
    Iran’s seemingly conciliatory offer of allowing the UN 'full inspection' of nuclear facilities came out of the blue. Almost immediately opinions from the West dubbed this a 'delaying tactic'; and some other analysts claimed th ...
  • Ten Years After: Al Qaeda’s Game Plan
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   12 Sep, 2011    ·    #3451    ·    Commentary    
    Ten years after, the US would undoubtedly view the killing of Osama bin Laden as the greatest victory of the War on Terror. The rhetorically sound Obama made another mesmerizing speech on 9/11, informing the US and the rest of international community ...
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