As cross-border strikes intensify and Pakistan's defence minister declares “open war” against the Afghan Taliban government, the long arc of Islamabad's Afghanistan policy appears under severe strain. Is this merely another episode in a volatile frontier relationship — or the blowback of decades of militarised strategy and proxy politics? In this conversation with Alternative Viewpoint, Pakistani left activist, academic and journalist Farooq Sulehria examines the crisis through a (…)

Il est nécessaire et urgent d'évaluer la possible coopération d'une coalition de six partis kurdes iraniens avec les armées américaine et israélienne. D'après les informations disponibles, cette coalition kurde envisagerait de se lancer prochainement dans des opérations terrestres contre le régime islamique en Iran. L'alliance avec un ennemi qui bombarde et détruit les maisons de civils est inqualifiable. Et cela d'autant plus lorsque cette guerre est dirigée par deux néofascistes comme (…)

Double standards in Europe and elsewhere are laid bare by the muted response to US and Israeli aggression and the killing of civilians Buildings in Tehran destroyed by US-Israeli air strikes. ‘Serious violations of the laws of war, reckless as well as deliberate, constitute war crimes.' Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images When Russia launched its full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the international condemnation from Europe and elsewhere was loud and clear. Leaders did not expect legal (…)