‘The Pashtuns: A Contested History’

Pashtunistan - the land of the Pashtuns- straddling an area of more than 100,000 square miles, historically stretches from the Indus to the Hindu Kush. Today, this land and its…

By Tilak Devasher

#SanctionPakistan

Twitter trends normally have a fairly short shelf life – a few hours or a day at best. But sometimes these trends last for days and become metaphors for a…

By Sushant Sareen

Pak Pashtuns raise voice against Imran Khan govt, support Afghanistan

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): Pakistan's liberal Pashtuns are raising their voices against the government's attempts to fuel unrest in neighbouring Afghanistan by assisting the Taliban. The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement…

Pakistan’s Pashtun Problem

During a visit to Pakistan a few months after the Lal Masjid episode and emergence of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in 2007, I asked a question from all my interlocutors…

Forays by Taliban in Afghanistan being observed closely in Pakistan

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 16 (ANI): The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and the Taliban's forays in the country is being observed closely in neighbouring Pakistan. An editorial on Thursday in…

Pakistan’s Taliban gamble can be ruined by Pashtuns, says think tank

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 16 (ANI): Pakistan's ride on the Taliban tiger could turn out to be short and fatal due to Islamabad's habit of missing crucial minefields of its own…