Why Not Talk to the Taliban?

January 15, 2011

Published in The Nation
(Pakistan) on
by (link to original link to original)

Translated from by . Edited by .

This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link .

Tags:
Pakistan

Hot this week

Block title

Nepal: Xi–Trump Meeting and the Global Order

November 10, 2025. Published in The Kathmandu Post

Saudi Arabia: Trump’s Gaza Ceasefire Plan: What’s Next?

November 9, 2025. Published in Arab News

The lessons from these horrific two years in Gaza is that ignoring Palestinian political rights will not make them disappear.

Colombia: Petro and His Mistake of Underestimating Trump

November 11, 2025. Published in El Colombiano

[Donald Trump's] warmongering vision ... has led the U.S. to take dangerously interventionist, unilateral and aggressive stances.

Israel: When Socialists and Fascists Unite on Antisemitism

November 10, 2025. Published in Israel Hayom

Mamdani's socialists are not embarrassed when his election is celebrated with swastikas on synagogues, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon's socialists in France lean on Muslim antisemitism.

Germany: This Is Not What a Big Deal Looks Like

November 10, 2025. Published in Die Tageszeitung

if you create a problem yourself in order to later partially solve it — can that really still be considered a success?

Topics

Jordan: Yes, We Love America!

November 15, 2025. Published in addustour

Mamdani's victory ... marks the starting point of a promising and rising American voice.

Indonesia: Strong Finance to Power Quality Growth

November 14, 2025. Published in The Jakarta Post

The dollar will remain as the dominant fiat currency in usage, but people are now thinking of how to avoid the weaponization risk.

Turkey: When Giants Meet

November 14, 2025. Published in Ahram Online

The recent summit in South Korea between Trump and Xi succeeded in averting major escalation in a tariffs war.

Nigeria: Nigeria’s Governance Genocide

November 14, 2025. Published in Punch

If the U.S wishes to do the right thing, it is humanity, not religion, that needs protection.

South Korea: The Gold Spoon That Toppled the President

November 13, 2025. Published in Hankyoreh

India: Trump’s Nuclear Bombshell: Wake-Up Call for India’s Security Calculus

November 9, 2025. Published in Firstpost

All in all, everything just got a hundred times more dangerous.

Sri Lanka: Pakistan’s Nobel Prize Nominee and War in Middle East

June 24, 2025. Published in Daily Mirror Online

Pakistan: Much Hinges on Iran-US Talks

April 22, 2025. Published in Dawn

A media leak said Trump vetoed an Israeli plan for a joint attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Pakistan: Will US Attack Iran?

April 6, 2025. Published in Dawn

U.S. President Donald Trump is being pressured by Israel to target Iranian nuclear facilities.

Pakistan: Global Influence at Risk

April 1, 2025. Published in Pakistan Today

How Can China and America’s Militaries Make Their Interaction More Amicable?

Targeting Terrorism