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A great leap backward | Zahid Hussain
LAST month, the prime minister launched the first phase of the Single National Curriculum (SNC), describing it as a step towards freeing the country...
The Taliban challenge | Zahid Hussain
of No-Win War — The Paradox of US-Pakistan Relations in Afghanistan’s Shadow.
WITH the fall of the last pocket of resistance, the Afghan Taliban...
Afghan policy conundrum Zahid Hussain
The writer is the author of No-Win War — The Paradox of US-Pakistan Relations in Afghanistan’s Shadow.
THE last American soldier left Kabul on Tuesday,...
Ironies of a war of revenge Zahid Hussain
AMONG the many ironies of the US war in Afghanistan was the instance when Hamid Karzai in December 2001 came very close to an...
Return of the Taliban By Zahid Hussain
THE images of thousands of people desperate to leave the country flooding the Kabul airport and some of them clinging to the wings of...
Regional approach to end-game By Zahid Hussain
AMID the escalating Taliban military blitz, officials from the US, Russia, China and Pakistan are meeting in Doha today (Wednesday) as part of an...
Returning to a repressive order By Zahid Hussain
THE brutal killing of a comedian in Kandahar last week and a spree of reported executions raise questions about the claim of the resurgent...
Making sense of AJK polls By Zahid Hussain
THERE is nothing surprising about the outcome of the Azad Kashmir elections except for a larger-than-expected margin of success for the PTI. It was...
The Afghan stalemate By Zahid Hussain
THE high-stakes peace talks ended with just a promise of the rival sides meeting again. The two-day weekend parleys in Doha between the Afghan...
China’s third revolution By Zahid Hussain
“LET China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world”. This remark attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte has been turned into a...