News stories for Najmuddin A. Shaikh

Ominous clouds

WHILE the world remains preoccupied with Syria, I want to devote this column, which appears on the 12th anniversary... Published 11 Sep, 2013 07:02am

ON Saturday, President Obama declared, “I have decided that the United States should take military action against... Updated 04 Sep, 2013 07:41am

SECTIONS of the Western media had been reporting that even though formally suspended talks on the US-Afghan ... Published 28 Aug, 2013 07:54am

THE annual survey of ‘failed states’ covering 2012 has just appeared in Foreign Policy. Using data on elements... Updated 21 Aug, 2013 07:58am

IN my last column on the Syrian situation I had promised to write on the impact that sectarian strife in that ... Published 14 Aug, 2013 09:05am

THE oft-postponed visit by Secretary John Kerry had been eagerly awaited in Islamabad. According to the ... Published 07 Aug, 2013 07:50am

IS there some hope to be entertained that the tragedy in Syria will be brought to an end either by the efforts of ... Updated 31 Jul, 2013 06:56am

IF Mr Sartaj Aziz visited Afghanistan to convince Hamid Karzai of Pakistan’s sincere desire to improve relations... Published 24 Jul, 2013 06:48am

PREDICTABLY, an article in the New York Times stating that President Barack Obama was now seriously considering the... Published 17 Jul, 2013 07:44am

AMID all the uncertainties in Afghanistan, one thing remains certain: there Published 10 Jul, 2013 07:56am

IT would be no exaggeration to say that the Muslim heartland is aflame and that in large measure the turmoil is... Published 03 Jul, 2013 08:05am

MY article on Afghanistan last week, written two days before it was published, was essentially an analysis of... Published 26 Jun, 2013 07:30am

EARLY last month, the American deputy secretary who led his country’s delegation to the US-Afghan bilateral... Published 19 Jun, 2013 08:13am

OUR armed forces are engaged in fierce battles in the Khyber and Kurram agencies and on a somewhat smaller scale in... Published 12 Jun, 2013 06:02am

IN my last article I had promised to analyse what President Barack Obama had to say about Guantanamo There are two... Updated 19 Jul, 2013 07:36am

IN my last article I had promised to analyse what President Barack Obama had to say about Guantanamo Published 05 Jun, 2013 08:28am

PRESIDENT Obama’s speech at the American National Defence University last Thursday attracted a great deal of... Published 29 May, 2013 06:45am

IT would be naïve on the part of the new government as it formulates its policy towards Afghanistan, not to... Published 22 May, 2013 08:45am

IT is more or less clear that despite security threats and administrative breakdowns the massive — by Pakistani... Published 15 May, 2013 08:17am

PERHAPS of all the bizarre and grim developments in Afghanistan over the last few days the one that takes the cake ... Published 08 May, 2013 09:41am