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The timing of the leak of last week’s report on interrogations of Taliban members was suspicious. But NATO will have to get used to efforts to sow discord.

Despite rumors of an impending coup, Pakistan looks on course for early elections. But an Imran Khan win would see big changes to ties with the U.S.

Was Barack Obama upfront in his State of the Union address last night? The New York Times takes a look.

America is back – anyone that tells you otherwise…doesn’t know what they are talking about, Obama says.

Do states described as “failed” care about being handed the label? Afghan President Hamid Karzai certainly did.

Counterinsurgency is increasingly being seen as a failure in Afghanistan. Was it flawed from the start?

The accidental killing of 24 Pakistani troops by NATO aircraft has prompted an angry response from Pakistan – and further dimmed any prospect of mutual trust.

The factionalizing of insurgent groups is jeopardising a ceasefire that ended decades of civil war in the southern Philippines, reports Luke Hunt.

When devising policy toward China, India and Pakistan, you can’t plan for one without understanding the others.

Admiral Mike Mullen’s warning that Pakistan is using extremism as an instrument of policy marked a major change in US tone. Will Pakistan respond?

The internet has been a boon to terrorist recruitment. And extremists are finding some surprising mediums for spreading their message.

Al-Qaeda has had a difficult year with the loss of bin Laden and other senior leaders. But discounting it as a threat would be dangerously premature.