Karzai rival cries foul

Mohammad Yunus Qanooni, the main rival to Afghan interim President Hamid Karzai in the October 9 elections, claims he has evidence of organized electoral fraud, and has accused the UN-Afghan......

What the World Expects From the Taliban

The world's attention is on the new Taliban and the imminent announcement of an inclusive government in Kabul, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, who played a stellar role in beginning India's......

Afghan polls: Democracy in difficult times

Dr Shanthie Mariet D'Souza, associate fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, on the candidates and issues at stake in the Afghan elections The twin rocket attacks on the......

Afghanistan is done with jihad

The Taliban have the ISIS in its crosshairs.The Taliban has shown the skill to assimilate extremist elements if they are reconcilable as well as the ruthlessness to eliminate troublemakers,......