Face To Face

 INTERVIEW-Olympics-Afghanistan trailblazer targets London gold

By: Jan Harvey

KABUL :The luxury apartment in north Kabul where Rohullah Nikpai lives with his family was a gift from the Afghan president, made after the 24-year-old Taekwondo champion brought home his country's fi...

 ‘Neither Americans, nor Taliban, build the left’: Aijaz Ahmad

By: Farooq Sulehria

‘Was USSR imperialist? Well, imperialism has to do with capitalism, capitalist accumulation, and transfer of wealth from other countries to the imperial centre, extraction of surplus value from the la...

 Interview with a Taliban Insider: Iran's Game in Afghanistan

By: Leah Farrall

A long-time senior strategist for the Taliban regime who fought under the name Abu Walid al Masri was recently released from Iran after nearly a decade in captivity. In an exclusive interview, he desc...

  Devi Shetty, Narayana Hrudayalaya (Heart Specialist)

By: Muhammad Shoaib Tanoli

A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty, Narayana Hrudayalaya (Heart Specialist) Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its employees. The transcript of the chat is given below. Useful for everyone. Qn: What are the...

 Ambassador: Afghan attacks 'isolated incidents'

By: Tony Jones

Afghanistan ambassador to Australia Nasir Andisha says there is nothing to suggest the most recent attack by a rogue soldier was linked to the Taliban. Transcript TONY JONES, PRESENTER: Our top stor...

 IEA economist: ‘We have to leave oil before it leaves us’

By: Arthur Neslen

The International Energy Agency (IEA)’s annual World Energy Outlook, due for publication on 9 November, will contain alarming research that the world is on track for a catastrophic rise in global temp...

 INTERVIEW - Afghan Taliban commander rejects U.S. peace push

By: Jibran Ahmad

CHAMAN, Pakistan: A mid-level Afghan Taliban commander, whose fighters held two French journalists hostage for more than a year, said U.S. overtures for peace talks were simply an attempt to divide Is...

 Interview Pakistan, US, Afghanistan need joint strategy against terrorism: Gilani

By: APP

PERTH (Australia): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said Pakistan, United States and Afghanistan need to continue working on a joint strategy in the fight against terrorism and extremism. In an i...

 Interview: Former U.S. Envoy Says Pakistan Stance Toward Afghanistan Is 'A Problem'

By: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Former U.S. envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad believes the U.S. relationship with Pakistan "has entered a very sensitive period" in recent months over the issue of Afghanistan. Khalilzad is curr...

 Afghan war: What some local officials are willing to do for peace

By: Tom A. Peter

Pul-i-Alam, Afghanistan: After spending most of his life as a fighter – first as a mujadhideen during the Soviet invasion and most recently as a general in the Afghan Army during the current war – Ati...

 Afghan Envoy: Taliban Leaders Still A Mystery

By: NPR

As war grinds on in Afghanistan, there is increasing talk about finding a negotiated solution. It's a complicated proposition that would presumably involve the Afghan government, the United States, Pa...

 Terrorism has no place in any society, says prominent Islamic Scholar Tahir Ul Qadri

By: Venkat Raman

Terrorists and those supporting them have no place in any society and they should be banished and brought to justice, a prominent Islamic Scholar has said.Dr Muhammad Tahir Ul Qadri, a world-renowned ...

 'US has won Afghanistan war'

By: Press TV

Interview with Haroun Mir, political analyst, Kabul Dozens of US commandoes have been killed as their helicopter was shot by the Taliban, contributing to the highest death toll in a single incident ...

 'Costly errors of US war in Afghanistan'

By: Press TV

Interview with Conn Hallinan, a Foreign Policy In Focus columnist In the 10 years since American troops were sent into Afghanistan, the federal government has already spent between $2.3 trillion and...

 The Curious Case Of The Mullah Omar Meetings

By: Abubakar Siddique

In interviews with RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan, Afghan lawmaker Homa Sultani has repeated the claim that she has met with Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar. She claimed that she knows his curren...

 Abdul Hakim Elhssadi gives up extremism for true Islam

By: Asmaa Elourfi

Abdul Hakim Elhssadi was forced into exile by Moamer Kadhafi. After ending up in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the former Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) member returned to his homeland. Now the man ...

 "I am a Witness to the Changes in Islam"

By: Erhard Brunn

"I am a Witness to the Changes in Islam" Interview with Leading Islamic reformist Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid (1943-2010) Leading Islamic reformist and literary scholar, Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid, believes that in...

 Creating Opportunities for Muslim Engagement: An interview with Farah Pandith

By: Asma T. Uddin and Sarah Jawaid

It’s almost been a year since Farah Pandith was appointed Special Representative to Muslim Communities by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. The office, housed in the US State Department plays...

  ‘Healing Wounds’

By: Shah Mara

An interview with Mohammad Umer Daudzai. Mohammad Umer Daudzai was appointed Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan this April. He has previously served as President Hamid Karzai’s chief of staff an...

 “Netanyahu is the Main Obstacle to Peace”: Jewish activist who disrupted Israeli PM’s Speech to US Congress

By:

RAE ABILEAH, Jewish activist who disrupted Israeli PM’s Speech to US Congress in an interview with AMY GOODMAN Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech was warmly received by Democrats and ...


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Feature / Analysis

  • Afghans Say New Bodies Have Been Found Near a Former U.S. Base

    Kabul, Afghanistan: Soon after family members found what they believe ...

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  • US: Taliban Inflicting Heavy Losses on Afghan Troops

    BRUSSELS: The U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General Joseph Dunford, ...

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  • Growing Up An Afghan Warlord's Son

    Renee Montagne recently returned from a reporting trip to Afghanistan....

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  • Afghan interpreters' UK resettlement package 'completely inadequate'

    Package announced by defense secretary Philip Hammond attacked for exp...

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Opinion

  • US, Germany, Italy vow key Afghan roles post-2014

    BRUSSELS: Germany and Italy will join the United States as "lead nati...

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  • Soldier pleads guilty in massacre of 16 Afghans

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash: The American soldier accused of killin...

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  • Coalition Deliberates Afghan Presence

    Brussels: The top commander of the U.S.-led military coalition in Afg...

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  • In Afghanistan, grief for a husband who shouldn't have died

    Khosh Gombat, Afghanistan: Whenever Bibi Laila heard the all-too-fami...

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