Mehdi Hasan March 15 2017, 9:30 p.m. I HATE AGREEING with Donald Trump. “We made a terrible mistake getting involved in the first place,” he told CNN in October, referring to the war in Afghanistan, …
By ANDREW J. BACEVICHMARCH 13, 2017 BOSTON — Remember Afghanistan? The longest war in American history? Ever? When it comes to wars, we Americans have a selective memory. The Afghan war, dating from October …
By NIHARIKA MANDHANA March 11, 2017 8:57 a.m. ET 21 COMMENTS NEW DELHI—Prime Minister Narendra Modi led his party to a landslide electoral victory in India’s most-populous state, a result that strengthens his grip on …
By RAYMOND ZHONG, NIHARIKA MANDHANA and RAJESH ROY Updated March 9, 2017 11:55 a.m. ET NEW DELHI—Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stunned the country in November when he canceled nearly 90% of its paper …
There is no delicate way to put this: The federal government’s “war on drugs” in the U.S. has been a stupendous failure. The only way it doesn’t look quite so bad is when it is …
By EHSANULLAH AMIRI and MARGHERITA STANCATI Updated March 8, 2017 12:28 p.m. ET KABUL—Islamic State fighters disguised as doctors fought elite government forces inside Afghanistan’s largest military hospital on Wednesday in a seven-hour battle …
By NIHARIKA MANDHANA March 8, 2017 5:33 a.m. ET NEW DELHI—Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking aim at influential regional parties in state elections as he tries to bolster his government and redraw India’s …
The Maldivian government said on Tuesday a planned multi-billion dollar, Saudi-funded investment project on one of its atolls will focus on high-end tourism, and it rejected opposition claims that the islands would be sold …
By: Shawn Snow, March 5, 2017 WASHINGTON — There is mounting evidence that Chinese ground troops are operating inside Afghanistan, conducting joint counter-terror patrols with Afghan forces along a 50-mile stretch of their shared …
MUJIB MASHAL MARCH 5, 2017 KABUL, Afghanistan — Pakistan has kept its border crossings with Afghanistan sealed for more than two weeks, with thousands of Afghan visitors stranded in Pakistan and traders unable to move …
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