The end of the American Raj and civilising mission in Afghanistan
Jahangir Mohammed, director of the Ayaan Institute, deconstructs the West's failed civilising mission in Afghanistan and looks forward to a future where the Afghan people...
After its defeat the U.S. will try to tear Afghanistan apart
Veteran journalist Abdel Bari Atwan - who famously interviewed Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan - says the U.S. will now focus on supplying arms...
Is Israel really winning in Africa?
Palestinian-American journalist and author Ramzy Baroud explains how Israel has managed to penetrate several African nations in its bid for international acceptance.
The decision by the African...
What will the second Taliban emirate look like?
Veteran journalist Abdel Bari Atwan says the new Taliban government in Afghanistan will be focused on pragmatic state-building, but risks of a new civil...
History will record the foreign occupiers of Afghanistan were the bad guys
Moazzam Begg, who lived in Afghanistan before the U.S-led invasion of 2001, says the West's defeat at the hands of the Taliban is a...
In two years India has prepared ground for complete takeover of Kashmir
Sajad Rasheed, an author and writer from Indian-occupied Kashmir, explains how in the last two years India has made all the necessary preparations for...
India plans to make Kashmir a Hindu-majority state
Ahead of the second anniversary of the revocation of Kashmir's autonomous status by India, Sajad Rasheed, an author and writer from Indian-occupied Kashmir, explains how...
Tunisia: An unforgivable coup or the legitimate removal of a failed government?
Veteran Arab journalist Abdel Bari Atwan explains why the political explosion that has just taken place in Tunisia was inevitable.
After a prolonged period of...
The Islamic fashion industry is immodest and unethical
Blogger and activist Quratulayn Haamidah says that the multi-billion dollar Islamic clothing market is making a mockery of the Islamic concert of modesty, and...
I was tortured by the Qataris, the Australians knew and did nothing
Lukman Thalib, an Australian professor who was held without charge in a secret jail in Qatar for five months, says the Qatari authorities tortured...
