Freedom of speech, it seems, is limited to when it serves US interests only—as Al Jazeera shows

During the Soviet occupation, Afghans built a network of bunkers from which they launched attacks on Russian troops. Some of these are now being used by Al-Qaeda as hideouts.

The firepower, the targets, the results

The US hasn't taken fully into account the fallout in countries it is involving, the worst of which will be in Pakistan.

The Holy Book cautions the believers that when faced with multiple interpretations they must use their own judgement

Tooned out of Scooby Doo and Popeye, it's war on television that young children are tuning in to

The MoD is going on an arms procurement spree, fearing possible fallouts from the Afghan crisis

US seems to be slowly accepting the Indian position on terrorism but Al Qaeda is still its first priority

India draws up a useful identikit of the man FBI suspects is a financial conspirator in the US strikes

As quid pro quo for its assistance, India is looking at Northern Alliance as a bulwark against Pakistan

His comments tinged with realism about the lack of formal guarantees to India of a 'Phase II' in the international war against terrorism that would strike at Pak-sponsored terrorism, a combative Union home minister L.K. Advani spoke to Ishan Joshi. E

A little known Qatari TV station takes the lead in war coverage, breaking the monopoly of voices

The OIC conference in Qatar—and events on the ground—reveals a schizoid Arab world

Amid all the gloom, the surgical removal of an overweening ISI chief and two others holds out the promise of liberalism

The fig leaf presented as proof against Al Qaeda only exposes the West's double standards

Caught between the war back home and hostility across, the poor Afghans have nowhere to go

Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of the pro-Taliban Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI), has been put under house arrest in his hometown Dera Ismail Khan for leading protest rallies against the US and the Pakistani government. Asim Hussain managed to speak to him

The current churning in Pakistan clearly brings out its very own 'clash of civilisations'—pandered Islamists vs a US-dependent elite.

As the US braces for a battle extended in range and time, differences on how to fight it surface

US bombs pound to rubble everything but Taliban resolve; as for the biscuits, they burn in the fire of rage

The Congress and the SP might become post-poll bedfellows

Thanks to Maneka, all 'animal origin' foods are to be marked with a brown dot—yes, even atta

The best kakori kebabs in town.

Arundhati Roy and Anita Pratap in the limelight, Zakir Hussain turns donor and the latest Bollywood aspirants...

Shahrukh Khan creates waves in Delhi, Designers from across the border rub shoulders with our desi big wigs and Lagaan shows the way...

There's little doubt that South Africa and India will meet in the final—and it's going to come down to who handles the pressure better.

Sir Vidia gets the accolade that perhaps he himself and the world had been expecting him to win

The Maestro on his music:

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