Afghanistan has rightly been called the graveyard of Empires, as the US and its NATO allies are now beginning to find out.
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, October 20, 2009 20:19 IST
Afghanistan has rightly been called the graveyard of Empires, as the US and its Nato allies are now beginning to find out. And within this quagmire, it is pertinent to ask what New Delhi hopes to achieve in this anarchic war ravaged land?
Section: World | Tuesday, October 20, 2009 2:30 IST
Even for Musharraf the task of ruling Pakistan was fraught with dangers.
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, July 28, 2009 20:34 IST
The jury is still out on whether prime minister Manmohan Singh made the right move by meeting Pakistan’s president Asif Zardari on the sidelines of the BRIC and SCO Summit meet.
Section: Analysis | Sunday, July 12, 2009 19:07 IST
The sudden rise of the Taliban across Pakistan and worse still its legitimisation by the ‘Swat Deal’ has sent shock waves across the region.
Section: Analysis | Monday, April 20, 2009 20:10 IST
One of the most interesting parts of the book is where it tries to explain why the world is still unclear about who terrorists are and what it is that they want.
Section: Lifestyle | Sunday, January 11, 2009 1:00 IST
While Pakistan’s political elite is still pursuing a policy of denial following the ruthless attack by terrorists in Mumbai, all fingers are pointing towards Pakistan
Section: Analysis | Friday, December 5, 2008 0:18 IST
However, Gurmeet Kanwal’s book on the Indian Army has been written under the presumption that the background issues are well known to an informed reader.
Section: Lifestyle | Sunday, March 30, 2008 3:36 IST
The Army Chief’s suggestion that India might need conscription to address the shortage of army officers has certainly made the impact that it was intended to.
Section: Analysis | Thursday, January 24, 2008 21:18 IST
Both in Kashmir, since the 1990s, and before that, in Afghanistan, it had shamelessly armed, trained and militarily initiated a proxy war.
Section: Analysis | Wednesday, November 14, 2007 23:59 IST
