History is often a river that remembers every stone cast into its waters. Sometimes, however, it becomes a mirage shimmering across a desert, visible from afar, passionately pursued, yet forever ...

The claim of a “Greater Pashtunistan” has consumed a segment of Pashtun chauvinist thinking for more than a century. This blind, one-sided obsession bears no relation to today’s political and social ...

The fact that Mujib-ur-Rahman Rahimi says that we recognize Pakistan with its present borders is politically important as it slaps on one of the most sensitive and protracted conflicts in the ...

Why have relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan remained tense since 1947? In this episode of NWH, veteran analyst Imtiaz Gul traces the historical roots of mistrust between the two neighbours.

The latest clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan along the Durand Line have exposed the bankruptcy of Islamabad’s long-celebrated doctrine of “strategic depth”. For decades, Pakistan believed that ...

L'attrito tra Islamabad e Kabul è risultato di un nodo geopolitico mai sciolto che risale all'epoca coloniale: la radice del conflitto risiede nella cosiddetta Linea Durand, ovvero il confine ...

India must adopt a robust 25-year plan to tackle security issues with Pakistan, focusing on uniting the 50 million Pashtuns along the Durand Line. The Afghans fiercely resisted the British through ...

Conflict has flared once again between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed that Pakistan carried out air strikes inside its territory, killing 10 people near the Durand Line, in the ...

In a recent press conference, Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, while in India, commented that Afghanistan has many neighbours other than Pakistan, but none of them complain about ...

‘Xi, You’re Not Welcome’: As Trump Hosts China’s Leader, Thousands Protest in Washington The eruption of tensions across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in mid-October – marked by a week of ...

Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen addressing Pashtun rally against the Pakistani 'establishment' (File photo) Manzoor Pashteen slammed Pakistan Army for murdering Pashtun children ...