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Published in: Home: OpinionWhat the US gets wrong in its response to growing insecurity in the Sahel
OPINION: A focus on using the military to counter Islamist violence fails to address the reasons for its growth
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: Feature‘I had no hope left’: Ex-NATO contractor forced to walk across Afghan border
When the Taliban began door-to-door searches for NATO contractors, Moheeb was left with no choice but to attempt to...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionDespite all the international attention, Afghan refugees are not welcome
Nobody really knows what prospects await Afghan refugees when countries have yet to see human rights as rights for all humans
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe West’s defeat in Afghanistan will please China and inspire Islamist extremists
The US will fight the Taliban from the air – but there’s no sign this will check the paramilitaries on the ground
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOn death row in Saudi Arabia: forgotten Pakistani prisoners
Saudi Arabia executes more Pakistanis than any other nationality, but Pakistan continues to fail its citizens in...
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Published in: HomeThe international community must intervene on Kashmir
Kashmiris need self-determination, not military occupation.
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Published in: HomeIndia and America collude to disrupt the China-Pakistan economic corridor
Where India is now placed in the warm (yet unreliable) embrace of America, Pakistan finds itself paired with its...
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Published in: HomeStalemate for Trump and Kim, as India and Pakistan risk nuclear war over Kashmir
Through aggressive rhetoric and miscalculations nuclear war can happen by accident. As the Trump-Kim circus...
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Published in: openIndiaSubverting democracy without vote-rigging
Recent events in some prominent democratic nations have highlighted the internal threats that are hard to see and...
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Published in: HomeThe Pashtun protest movement is a test for Pakistan’s democracy
The state has been openly hostile towards the Pashtun Tahafuz movement – the right to protest must be protected.
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Published in: 50.50Girls at Dhabas: challenging issues of safety, or ‘respectability’ in urban Pakistan?
“You need to understand,” I told the reporter. “These are baby steps, but important steps, for fuller participation...
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Published in: 50.50Kashmir abuses: women searching for justice challenge state use of forensics
Thousands of young men have 'disappeared' in Kashmir and there have been numerous allegations of sexual assaults....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCritical voices in critical times: the partition of India – lessons learned, an interview with Rajmohan Gandhi
Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi distills the vital lessons from the past, the complicated legacy of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDubai and Gwadar: the silent economic war in the Gulf of Oman
The expansion of Gwadar port in Pakistan is a game-changing venture that would reformulate the economic agenda of...
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Published in: 50.50Pakistan’s jirgas: buying peace at the expense of women’s rights?
Why are foreign donors so enthusiastic about alternative dispute mechanisms when they deliver second class justice for women?
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia“Women and Children First”: war, humanitarianism, and the refugee crisis
Is a rethinking of laws of armed conflict or international humanitarian law, humanitarian assistance and refugee...
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Published in: openIndiaA flashpoint in South Asia?
“You question India’s territorial integrity, I will question Pakistan’s. You interfere in our internal affairs, we...
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Published in: HomeWe must understand threats in the technology we use every day
Like everyone else, human rights activists use mobile phones, email and social networks to connect. Unlike most...
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Published in: 50.50Transnational marriage abandonment: A new form of violence against women?
Transnational marriage abandonment lies at the intersect of immigration and patriarchal control, allowing abusers...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSaudi Arabia's new best friend: India
After being let down by Pakistan, Saudi has turned to India for trade and defense cooperation – while Iran has...