South Asia

India intends to have 275 gigawatts of renewable capacity by 2027 and is counting on solar to provide two-thirds of it

India stands with Iran against Trump Sanctions

India’s External Affairs Minister delivered a sharp rebuke to US plans for sanctions on trade with Iran on Monday

On Memorial Day, US Troops still Dying in Afghanistan but 1/2 the Country is Lost

The Afghanistan government controls only about half of Afghanistan, 229 of 407 districts. Maybe because it is a bad news story, our Afghanistan War, the longest in our history, keeps slipping our minds, along with thoughts of the Americans still fighting there. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, has issued a report […]

Pakistan

To Fight Talibanism, Pakistan finally gives Rights to People in Tribal Areas

Sajjad Tarakzai

Pakistan’s restive tribal areas may finally be allowed to enter the political mainstream

Music

Pakistan’s Sufi music fights to be heard after singer’s Killing

AFP

Extremist Muslims cast a pall on spiritual tradition

Afghanistan

Kabul Mourns Loss of ‘Invincible Hero’ in Anti-Shiite Suicide Blast

contributors

Salafi Jihadi extremists target Afghan Hazaras in Hopes of Provoking More Sectarian Conflict

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: How a Shrine Bombing in Kabul tells us Trump’s Surge won’t Succeed

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – This year, the merriment of Now-Ruz in Kabul was marred by a suicide bombing that killed at least 33 persons and wounded 68, according to the Afghani Ministry of Health. The perpetrator was allegedly a member of ISIL (which really needs another name, since it isn’t […]

Afghanistan

Despite Trump Surge, Taliban Attack Afghan Army Post, Killing 18 Soldiers

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TeleSur | – – A bomb attack also took place in the capital Kabul killing at least one person. Islamic State group in Afghanistan claimed responsibility. Taliban militants have attacked an Afghan army post and killed 18 government soldiers, the defense ministry said Saturday, while a suicide bomber in the capital killed one person and […]

Afghanistan

Did the Pentagon’s War on Drugs Confound Counter-Terrorism?

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By Nick Turse | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – 2017 was a year of investigations for U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). There was the investigation of the two-star commander of U.S. Army Africa who allegedly sent racy texts to an enlisted man’s wife. There was the investigation into the alleged killing of a Special Forces soldier by […]