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The Taliban Story: The fault lines within Taliban (Part 7)

By Arun Anand- This is seventh part of ‘The Taliban Story’. It is a 30 part series on Taliban that we bring to our readers. You can share your feedback at [email protected]. Here is the seventh part- In 1990s after …

The Taliban Story: The origin of Taliban, How it came into existence (Part 6)

By Arun Anand The Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan in 1979 and its troops finally left the country after much bloodshed and devastation in 1989. During these 20 years different Mujahideen factions fought against the Russians. Even after the Soviet …

The Taliban Story: Haqqani Nexus, Deoband and the ideological fulcrum (Part 5)

By Arun Anand This is fifth of the 30 part series on ‘The Taliban Story’ that we are bringing to our readers. You can share the feedback at [email protected]. Here is the fifth part: It is important to understand the …

The Taliban Story: Haqqani Nexus, the fountainhead of Jihad(Part 4)

By Arun Anand- This multi-part series brings ‘The Taliban Story’ to our readers. You can share the feedback at [email protected]. Here is the fourth part Haqqani Network/Nexus is a relatively unknown organization or network as compared to many other similar …

The Taliban Story: How Afghanistan became pawn in the Great Game (Part 3)

By Arun Anand- This multi-part series brings ‘The Taliban Story’ to our readers. You can share the feedback at [email protected]. Here is the third part One often hears the term ‘The Great Game’ when it comes to bloodshed, violence, and …

The Taliban Story: Rivalries, Coups and Making of a Fragmented Afghanistan (Part 2)

By Arun Anand- This multi-part series brings ‘The Taliban Story’ to our readers. You can share the feedback at [email protected]. Here is the second part During the 18th century, the Persian Safavid dynasty, Moghuls, and the Uzbek Janid dynasty, all …

The Taliban Story: Afghanistan’s Complex Nationhood (Part 1)

By Arun Anand-   This is first of the multi- part series on Taliban. This series would bring ‘The Taliban Story’ to our readers. You can share the feedback at [email protected]. Here is the first part. Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist …

Corona Outbreak: How China Developed Biological Warfare Capabilities

There are at least 50 other laboratories and hospitals being used as biological weapons research facilities in China, according to a report published in March 2020 in a US journal. Here is a brief look at the history and veiled functioning of Chinese biological warfare programme

The Great Influenza Of 1918: Learning Lessons As We Confront Epidemics

Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza by John M. Barry provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon

US-China Matrix Of Exchanges: Early Days Of President Elect

Dr. Manan Dwivedi takes a look at the possible permutations and combinations in the US-China Matrix following the change in US administration as Democrats replace the Republicans in the White House.

Operation Gladio: Unholy Alliance Between Vatican, CIA and The Mafia

This exposé by Paul L. Williams describes a secret alliance forged at the close of World War II by the CIA, the Sicilian and US mafias, and the Vatican to thwart the possibility of a Communist invasion of Europe.

New US Guidelines:Communist Party members Ineligible For Immigration

According to new guidelines issued by US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Communist Party members will now be ineligible to immigrate to the US. The official document can be accessed here

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