Taliban promise peace, but doubt and fear persist
For the first time since retaking power in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s leaders sketched out what their control of the country could look like, promising peace...
Modi’s response to farmer protests in India stirs fears of a pattern
Critics say Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s approach to dissent increasingly involves stifling dissenting voices, blocking the internet and cracking down on journalists.
How the Taliban outlasted a superpower: tenacity and carnage VIEW
The Taliban stand on the brink of realizing their most fervent desire: U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan. They have given up little of their extremist ideology...