The Express Tribune on MSN

India's Taliban gamble meets tyranny of geography

Last week's arrival of Noor Ahmed Noor in New Delhi - the first Afghan chargé d'affaires appointed under the Taliban government - marked a quiet but consequential moment in regional diplomacy, ...
Henry Stewart History on MSN

Afghanistan and the myth of the graveyard of empires

Afghanistan’s modern history reveals why foreign powers repeatedly failed to impose lasting control. Geography, local ...