Pakistan

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

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

The deadliest but least understood Middle Eastern faultline is between Sunni and Shia

Butcher and Bolt by David Loyn

‘Britain and America may soon be governed by eloquent speakers whose attitude to foreign affairs is self-aggrandising posturing’

This month’s small charity making a big difference is the Hindu Kush Conservation Association

The refugee problem in Pakistan’s troubled border regions has been widely under-reported

Ibn Warraq indicts the Palestinian author of Orientalism for presenting the West as villains and Muslims as victims