Frontier Post, Pir Rokhan pirrokhan@hotmail.com The Afghanistan situation is challenging but not impossible to resolve if we know the laws of cultural engineering and keep in view the historic perspective of Afghanistan. In case of Pakhtuns, it is the time in history where they need to change their direction to national goals and targets in [...]

Rahimullah Yusufzai (The News) A term that was first used by Pakhtun tribal people to describe Punjabi militants in their midst in Waziristan has become a matter of dispute between the leaders of the PPP and the PML-N. Interestingly, mostly Punjabis from the two major political parties of Pakistan are involved in this controversy at [...]

The new US-Afghan war commander, David Petraeus officially took over control of the over 140-thousand NATO troops in Afghanistan from General Stanley McChrystal who was sacked last month for insubordination. At a ceremony held at NATO headquarters in Kabul the US General vowed that his foreign forces are determined to win the battle of wills [...]

The Republican National Committee chairman is caught on video saying the conflict is a ‘war of Obama’s choosing’ and implying that the U.S. effort is doomed. Conservatives call for his resignation. By Michael Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau Reporting from Washington Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is facing a new test of his leadership over [...]

The Obama administration’s strategy for Afghanistan is to gradually transfer responsibility to the Afghans, starting in July 2011. On the eve of President Hamid Karzai’s visit to Washington, there’s little evidence so far to demonstrate that this transfer process will work. The offensive in Marja in Helmand province in February succeeded in clearing that rural [...]

Despite tall claims by the Pakistani establishment of successes being scored by its military in the war against Taliban in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and normalcy being fast restored in the troubled Swat and South Waziristan regions, the situation in various areas of the tribal belt remains disturbed. No foreign media sources are [...]

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – My annual and occasionally semiannual visits to Peshawar, the city of my birth, have been a source of joy and renewal for many years. I have believed that one could always go home. Now I’m not so sure. Located at the crossroads of Asia, this ancient city was once called the city [...]

DPA / April 4, 2009 Rome – Italian police inspecting a manhole at a railway station in Rome have discovered 24 children from Afghanistan living in makeshift shelter of cardboard and blankets. Officials believe the children whose ages range from 10 to 15 travelled from Afghanistan unaccompanied by their parents, according to news reports Saturday. [...]