India's military right to pursue the Mumbai attackers into Pakistan remains unquestioned. But if India chooses to exercise that right, it could be disastrous military strategy.
Frankie Martin | Posted 01.09.2009 | World
Americans began to understand tribal culture and tribal codes of honor and hospitality. And they realized that organizations like Al-Qaeda were antithetical to traditional culture.
Eric Margolis | Posted 01.05.2009 | World
India's patience is wearing thin. After a decade of terrorist attacks, it still lacks a well defined target for revenge or a way of preventing them.
Max Bergmann | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics
McCain just badly misstated the history of Pakistan. McCain said Pakistan was a failed state before President Musharraf came to power. That is not true.
Wajahat Ali | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics
Who knew the cure for dementia, depression and PTSD was obtaining the post of Pakistan's President?
Eric Margolis | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics
The Marriot attack is further proof that Pakistan is edging ever deeper into outright civil conflict at a time when the stalemated war in Afghanistan is steadily seeping into Pakistan.
Eric Margolis | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics
Aside from senior army generals, the wealthy elite, and a handful of fat cat politicians, the widely hated Musharraf was left with almost no support at home.
AP | ASIF SHAHZAD | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The ruling coalition that just a week ago drove U.S. ally Pervez Musharraf from the presidency broke apart Monday, throwin...
AP | ASIF SHAHZAD | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The ruling coalition that just a week ago drove U.S. ally Pervez Musharraf from the presidency broke apart Monday, throwin...
Wajahat Ali | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics
Rashid: I don't think we should rely on individuals -- this is precisely the mistake the Bush administration made with Musharraf.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics
Now that Pervez Musharraf is out of office, and no longer doing the sterling work of advancing democracy for which he is known, one wonders: what's ne...
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics
Where does Musharraf's departure leave us insofar as the global effort to eradicate Al Qaeda from its haunts in northwest Pakistan? In one helluva pickle, to put it bluntly.
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics
Reacting to news of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's resignation on Monday, John McCain put out a statement that described the breaking news dev...
AP | STEPHEN GRAHAM | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's ruling coalition finalized impeachment charges against President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday and a government mi...
Max Bergmann | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics
This week, at the same time Bush was coming to the realization that his insights into Putin's soul may have been misguided, his failed policy toward Pakistan was also coming full circle.
AP | NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 09.15.2008 | Home
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — With impeachment proceedings looming, the pressure on President Pervez Musharraf to quit built Friday as both his rivals a...
McClatchy Newspapers | Saeed Shah | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics
Americans and British diplomats are trying to encourage a quick exit from office for Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, a staunch Western anti-ter...
Adele Stan | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics
The New York Times today broke news that supports Obama's case for putting Pakistan and Afghanistan front and center in the fight against global terrorism.
Eric Margolis | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics
Much of the media, which does not understand the military issues involved, and exaggerates the dangers in the Israel-Iran confrontation, bear much of the blame. So here is some clarification.
McClatchy | Saeed Shah | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
Embattled, U.S.-backed Pakistani Pres. Pervez Musharraf Saturday warned Barack Obama that if he wins the White House, he'd have to change his policies...
Associated Press | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
Terrorists are still operating freely in Pakistan along the country's Afghanistan border, despite the U.S. giving Pakistan more than $10.5 billion in ...
AP | ASIF SHAHZAD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan's crisis deepened after two suicide bombings killed 24 people and wounded more than 200 in this normally peaceful ci...
AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
BHURBAN, Pakistan — Pakistan's election winners sealed an agreement Sunday to form a coalition government and said parliament would restore judg...
AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomber blew himself up Sunday among thousands of tribal members discussing resistance to al-Qaida and the Taliban, killin...
AP | STEPHEN GRAHAM | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A suicide bomber killed the Pakistan army's surgeon general Monday in the highest-level assassination since President Perv...
Jim Arkedis | Posted 01.11.2009 | World