World powers jostle in Afghanistan’s new ‘Great Game’
ahmed sabirBy Dawood Azami Afghanistan's strategic landscape is changing as regional powers forge links with the Taliban and vie to outdo each other in what's being seen as a new "Great…
Power struggle continues inside Afghan Govt
ahsanBy Catherine Putz Two weeks after dismissing seven ministers with votes of no confidence, the Afghan parliament has urged President Ashraf Ghani to respect their decision. While the parliament was…
PM Modi set to enter Guinness world records
By M K Bhadrakumar Mongolia's apology to Beijing and its promise never again to allow the Dalai Lama to set foot on its soil is in reality a slap on…
Trashing Nirbhay?
By Bharat Karnad The fourth test-firing of the vertically launched Nirbhay subsonic 1,000km range cruise missile ended in failure with the wings failing properly to deploy in horizontal flight to…
India’s demonetisation quagmire and its victims
By: Probhat Patnalk On November 8, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on television that in just four hours' time, 86 percent of the total currency of the country would…
Mongols expect an Indian rescue mission
One of the saddest experiences I had in the Foreign Service was in Sri Lanka while serving in the Mission as First Secretary. The year was 1983, the turning point…
Power struggle continues inside Afghan Govt
By Catherine Putz With all this politicking, it's easy to see why Afghans and Afghanistan's Allies alike are frustrated and confused Two weeks after dismissing seven ministers with votes of…
Why is US afraid of a Russian role in Afghanistan? The hole in the Heart of Asia
By: Peter Lee Asia Times is not responsible for the opinions, facts or any media content presented by contributors. In case of abuse, click here to report. There was one…
Afghanistan will be the trump Administration’s first foreign policy crisis
By : Jonathan Schroden Many hotspots and geopolitical adversaries are constantly in the news and likely at the forefront of the foreign policy issues President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is…
Why is US afraid of a Russian role in Afghanistan?
The two seemingly unconnected developments in Afghanistan last week the controversy over First Vice-President Rashid's Dostum's excessive behaviour towards a political opponent and the Afghan government's public displeasure over the…