Jon Boone
Surveys suggest more than 70pc of Afghans may vote.
Published 04 Apr, 2014 08:11am
The presidential election and US withdrawal are likely to have complex repercussions for the region's web of networks.
Updated 03 Apr, 2014 11:57am
BILAWAL Bhutto Zardari, chairman of the Peoples Party, has launched a scathing attack on his political opponents who...
Updated 04 Feb, 2014 09:06am
FOR those in favour of talking to the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), there are few debating points more useful...
Published 06 Oct, 2013 07:12am
ISLAMABAD: In a country where 2,050 people were killed last year in more than 1,500 bombings and terror attacks, few people would dare describe Pakistan’s struggle against a dizzying array of militant groups, separatist insurgents and powerful crime syndi
Published 01 Mar, 2013 10:21pm
KABUL The US-led coalition force in Afghanistan has conceded that last week`s parliamentary elections were far more...
Published 25 Sep, 2010 12:00am
OFFICIALS in Afghanistan are resisting US pressure for a wide-ranging clean-up of Kabul Bank, which is mired in a...
Published 06 Sep, 2010 12:00am
KABUL A record number of women are running in Afghanistan`s critical parliamentary elections next month despite many...
Published 26 Aug, 2010 12:00am
KABUL: A record number of women are running in Afghanistan’s critical parliamentary elections next month despite ...
Published 26 Aug, 2010 12:00am
KABUL Hamid Karzai is said to be shocked by the massive leak of classified military documents, but to be hoping...
Published 27 Jul, 2010 12:00am
KABUL President Hamid Karzai has lost faith in the US strategy in Afghanistan and is increasingly looking to ...
Published 11 Jun, 2010 12:00am
TOP Taliban leaders could be offered exile outside Afghanistan if they agree to stop fighting the government of ...
Published 07 May, 2010 12:00am
KABUL As a committed feminist, there are few symbols of restrictions on women that Parween hates more than the ...
Published 02 May, 2010 12:00am
KABUL Ten of thousands of Afghan civilians are abandoning an area of central Helmand where UK and US forces are set...
Published 08 Feb, 2010 12:00am
TENS of thousands of Afghan civilians are abandoning an area of central Helmand where UK and US forces are set to...
Published 07 Feb, 2010 12:00am
AFGHANISTAN`S chief prosecutor has thrown down a gauntlet to Hamid Karzai by announcing an unprecedented attempt to...
Published 25 Nov, 2009 12:00am
IN dwelling on the need to combat corruption, to talk to the Taliban and to transfer control of policing Afghanistan...
Published 21 Nov, 2009 12:00am
IN the early days of what was only Afghanistan`s second presidential election, Abdullah Abdullah confided to...
Published 22 Oct, 2009 12:00am
THE organisation responsible for the Afghan election is trying to stop the UN-backed Election Complaints Commission...
Published 20 Oct, 2009 12:00am
AMERICAN officials are drawing up plans to de-radicalise inmates in Afghanistan`s prisons, which have been described...
Published 16 Oct, 2009 12:00am
