Reports of US troop pullout catches Afghans by surprise
Neither government nor the Taliban expected Washington to act on stated intention to withdraw, expert says
Imran Khan vows Afghan peace push as Pakistan takes lead role in Abu Dhabi talks
There appears to be a shift in Islamabad, which has long been accused of harbouring the Taliban
Indian Academics Confront the Threat of Nationalistic Pseudoscience
N 1920, Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian mathematician, succumbed to what was probably amoebic dysentery at the age of 32. But even though his lifespan was short, Ramanujan’s work continues to influence mathematics today — from number theory and infinite series to continued fractions […]
The Day I Set Myself On Fire
I paid your father the bride price for you, so you have to sleep with me whenever I want,” my husband, Karim, who was several decades older than me, told me when I refused to have sex with him. Perhaps […]
Afghan election body invalidates vote in capital
In a shocking decision that took candidates and voters by surprise, a body charged with organising and managing Afghanistan’s election said on Thursday that fraud and mismanagement had rendered invalid the votes cast in the capital Kabul, during last October’s […]
Afghanistan’s battle against warlords
Kabul was brought to a virtual standstill last week after protests broke out in the western parts of the city over the arrest of Abdul Ghani Alipoor, a Hazara militia commander. He was arrested on charges of operating illegal armed […]