Islamic radicalization, insurgency and patriarchy have allowed powerful Kashmiri men to label women who spoke out during the #MeToo movement as pro-India collaborators. None of these men has been brought to justice or investigated.
The crypto revolution in Pakistan faces regulatory impediments as the legislators stick to the status quo fearing financial repercussions that may follow.
Pakistan has long backed the Taliban, which is now in power in Afghanistan. Yet it may have created a Frankenstein’s monster with extremist Islamist groups unleasing a campaign of terror in Pakistan itself.
Radical Islamists in Afghanistan and Pakistan inspired by the Taliban are an existential threat to India, which must act with immediacy to contain this threat.
Economic incompetence, not foreign interference, led to the fall of a populist prime minister who promised much but failed to deliver.
A magisterial biography of Pakistan’s founder by noted scholar Ishtiaq Ahmed sheds new light on the past and provides key lessons for the future.
Victory against the US, ethnic conflict within Afghanistan and disappointment with Islamabad could lead the Taliban to create a new Pashtun state on the ruins of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Fueled by jihad, opium and desperation, the Taliban have turned their sights on Kashmir as they did in the late 1990s, making the world a more dangerous place.
Millions might die if major powers and the international community do not contain the Taliban and their patron Pakistan. This is the first of a three-part series.
Sooner rather than later, the Pakistan-backed Taliban will train its guns on India, which makes it imperative for New Delhi to support brave Afghans fighting the new regime in Kabul.
Punjabi elites identify with Urdu because they see it as the sophisticated language of South Asian Muslims that helps keep Pakistan together.
Kashmir has been in the headlines recently. Here are 15 facts about the conflict.
The dispute over Kashmir has deep roots in the past, tricky clashes of principles and grave risks for the future.
