Pundita

Photo Caption: Afghan laborers who worked at the U.S. base in Bagram speak during an interview at a restaurant in Bagram north of Kabul Feb...

The above observation from retired Indian career diplomat M K Bhadrakumar, writing for the Feb. 28 edition of Asia Times Online about Kabul ...

Secret U.S. cable warned about Pakistani havens . That information about the cable was leaked suggests a bare-knuckle brawl underway in Wash...

John Batchelor has it . Anyone who writes to say this isn't the story I'm getting from the BBC, PBS, CNN, FNC, Washington Post and N...

I'll preface this post with a question to American readers: Do you think there's anyone in U.S. law enforcement, from the Department...

Qur'an burning protests: Nato recalls staff after two officers are shot dead Damien Pearse and agencies February 25, 2012, 8:53 AM EST T...

UPDATE Oh, fooey. The pix at Reuters showing a line of Afghan police in riot gear I linked to in the wee hours this morning has been replace...

I'm writing this post in the attempt to correct the wrong impression that Newt Gingrich's criticism of President Obama's apology...

Ms. Aziz, along with many educated Afghans, some of whom registered their views on Facebook, said she was dismayed by the exploitation of th...

UPDATE See my February 26 post, Not Since Mazar-i-Sharif, or why the story of the Koran burning incident at Bagram Airfield is improbable **...

I'm inching my way toward the end of the next Pundita essay to be published. I estimate another 15 to 30 minutes not counting proofing. ...

“Classically, intelligence is supposedly in the portion of the glass that's half empty, and operational commanders and policymakers, for...

"Pundita, [Re February 10 Pundita post, Amrullah Saleh on Afghanistan's neglected majority ] please explain what majority [Amrullah...