Now that the insurgency is cracking, the time has come for Nato to send more troops into the war zone to finish off the job

‘What's the point of waging a war thousands of miles away when you cringe before our own Taliban?’

Although previously banned, Tariq Ali's books can now be read anywhere in Pakistan. In the aftermath of the jihadist attacks in Mumbai and on the Sri Lankan cricket team, will the Brit-Pak's fluent words offer any solutions to the problems there?

It's fashionable to say the US is in terminal decline. Don't bet on it - still less wish for it

A new documentary made in Afghanistan has won two awards at the the Sundance Film Festival. Afghan Star could help the cause of feminism there and encourage a desperately-needed sense of national community

Is Pakistani intelligence allowing the country's tribal areas to become a Taliban stronghold? What can the West do about it?

‘In the struggle against terrorism, is our foreign policy an aggravating factor? Yes, in that anything we do aggravates them’

A new generation of soldiers is as questioning of its role in Afghanistan as the society from which it is recruited

Understanding the ordinariness of war helps me cope with my Royal Marine brother's service in Afghanistan

The story of al-Qaeda's lost leader, Abdullah Azzam, illuminates the murderous nature of global jihad