Taliban

In the first of a series of dispatches from Afghanistan, David Axe reports on how superior US air power isn’t bringing victory any closer.

With US troops set to start leaving in the summer, ISAF is deciding which are the ‘key’ districts in Afghanistan.

With public support tumbling and politicians on all sides keen to find a way out, the Obama administration has been quietly changing tack.

Mustafa Qadri finds out for himself during a night patrol with members of an anti-Taliban militia in Pakistan that it’s kill or be killed.

Arab world unrest shouldn’t distract from the looming abyss of the Afghan War. The US should welcome a Turkish move to engage the Taliban.

The Panjshir Valley is an oasis of calm in war-torn Afghanistan. Could a colourful history one day help to make it a tourism hotspot?

India and Pakistan have announced that peace talks will resume. But until Pakistan rethinks its policy on terrorism, don’t expect real progress.

Despite the Obama administration’s claims of success, Afghanistan is in a guerrilla war that might be too expensive for the country to win, argues Juan Cole in our feature interview.

Cambodia is a rare bright spot in the fight against Islamic radicalism. Thank an unusual combination of a local imam and US soft power.

Peshawar is a hotspot for suicide and IED attacks. Mustafa Qadri travels with the city’s bomb squad to find out how local police are coping.

Hamid Karzai’s decision to postpone the inauguration of the new parliament deepens what was already a political crisis, argues Robert Dreyfuss.

In this second in a series of interviews looking back on 2010, we speak with analyst Haider Mullick about developments in Pakistan.