Can the ISI keep the Taliban United?

Despite dependence on the ISI for years of sustenance, Taliban leaders may harbour resentment over the ISI's excessive control, notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and......

Acknowledge Pak is N-power, Obama told

The Obama Administration should encourage the Indo-Pak dialogue, including back-channel diplomacy on Kashmir, and acknowledge Islamabad's nuclear status, a task force formed by US-based Asia......

Why Afghanistan is important to India

Ever since Operation Enduring Freedom evicted the Pakistan-sponsored Taliban regime from Kabul in December 2001, various powersstarted -- as they always have been --jockeying for political and......

Freedom, for Afghanistan and for us, rules Day 3 of JLF!

Rediff.com’s Sanchari Bhattacharya reports on all the action from Day 3 at the Jaipur Literature Festival               Code,......