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Children stand next to Roshan the camel, who brought books, in Mand, Pakistan April 11, 2021.(Reuters)

Roshan the Camel Brings Books to Homeschooling Children in Rural Pakistan

Plodding his way through the desert in remote southwest Pakistan, Roshan the camel carries priceless cargo: books for children who can no longer go to school because of coronavirus lockdowns. The…

Majalla 28, Apr 2021

Armed Pakistani Taliban gather at a hideout in the semi-autonomous tribal district of Orakzai on April 22, 2009.(Getty)

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Six years after their defeat, the once-dreaded Pakistani Taliban have staged a gradual comeback in their former territories in Waziristan, the rugged tribal region bordering Afghanistan, by carrying…

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For more than a decade, every debate about U.S. policy in Afghanistan has focused narrowly on the number of troops to send or withdraw. U.S. policymakers freely admit there can be no military…

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Indian Sikh activists from various radical Sikh organisations shout slogans in support of Sikh leader Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, and Khalistan -- the name for an envisioned independent Sikh state -- after prayers on the 33rd anniversary of Operation Blue Star at the Golden temple in Amritsar on June 6, 2017. (Getty)

Re-Emergence of Sikh Separatism

The 1947 partition of India made it evident that sectarianism was going to plague the subcontinent for the foreseeable future. Fast forward 70 years later and the emergence of Hindu nationalism in…

Ali El Shamy 22, Nov 2019

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Majalla 21, Jul 2017

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