I met a lot of the senior Taliban, and I asked them precisely [about Mullah Omar]. The most common answer was he is humble. And that was very true. W….

The idea of a permanent U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, as opposed to an economic presence, is going to create a new wave of hostility toward ….

In my view, the Western model of influencing the development of third world countries is doomed to failure. The West does not understand how to deal ….

What everyone underestimated was the acute unpopularity of the Taliban, even in the Pashtun areas. People like myself were saying the Taliban would b….

Despite all the dire predictions made in 2001, the Afghans have given the international community, its aid workers and soldiers a large window of opp….

The United States only knows one form of intervention and that is the military one. Everything depends on drawn weapons. We should, however, develop ….

Our Pakistan elites are spoiled by permanent foreign aid and therefore find it difficult to change course. Pakistan needs someone who stands up and s….