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Khushal Khan Khattak: Afghan Pride During these troubled times for the Pashtoons, I shall take a little look back in history to honour Kh...

The Atlantic Council 's Afghanistan Report highlights some very interesting points. Over the next couple of postings, I'd like to...

The recent controversy in the UK about MPs' expenses begs the question whether we can ever trust them to be the guardians of public sta...

My work as an Educational Advisor certainly has its interesting moments. I've been invigilating exams all week and last week I dutif...

Extra, extra, read all about it - from the New York Times . War is dirty and its not surprising that this happens at all. Military suppli...

The reality to the chaos of war are the children who get displaced when families are forced to leave. It's a tragedy. I have children to...

AfPak/PakAf Rudyard Kipling once wrote, "Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and...