... musings from a distance ...

With a fifth of the world's population between them, deep distrust and the never ending threats and posturing, a question on a BBC forum...

America is history, Karzai is history, the Taliban are the future Former I...

پښتو ژبه وايي اغيار چي د دوزخ ژبە دە Wayee aghyar chi da dozakh jaba da The enemies say that it is the language of hell زە بە جنت تە دە پښتو...

Ajmal Khattak's Decision Ajmal Khattak (September 1925 - February 2010) was an activist, poet, politician and close friend of Khan Abdu...

As promised , I'm sharing some photographs, some taken by me - others from stock photographs from the BBC and the Guardian newspaper. Th...

Almost exactly a month ago, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai was officially inaugarated before a worldwide audience. This week I took the 60 secon...

I took this photograph a couple of weeks ago, whilst picnicing with the family, lying there on the grass, staring up at the sky and the bra...