Fair Observer’s founder, CEO and editor-in-chief Atul Singh speaks at length with Glenn Carle, a retired CIA officer, geopolitical analyst and senior partner of Fair Observer Intelligence. They discuss the post-USSR world, terrorism and how the never ending struggle for global hegemony has...
Under the Taliban dictatorship, women in Afghanistan are being stripped of their human dignity.
The Taliban is ruling Afghanistan brutally. They are killing thousands, oppressing minorites, discrimination against women and conducting a reign of terrors. The international community must act against this Pakistan-backed fanatical group to save Afghanistan.
Catastrophic floods have further debilitated the economy of Pakistan from its already existing precipices. However, Pakistan is not awaiting the provision of alms as surmised by the developed world. Instead, it is reacting to instability sparked by the countries that are now prioritizing their...
Both India and Pakistan demonize the other, starting from children’s history books. Instead, they could emulate efforts like the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa, tell stories of atrocities on both sides of the border, listen to them and engage with each other for peace.
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.
