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Blood Flower

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Journalist Gretchen Peters follows the drug and terror money flowing out of Afghanistan, Pakistan and the UAE and finds Dawood Ibrahim at the heart of it. An extract from her book

Chasing a War

Rahul Jayaram

In his latest book, Imtiaz Gul gives a view of Al-Qaeda from within Pakistan. He speaks of tension within the terror group, and how India bungled a chance for peace in Kashmir

New Pakistan Taliban Chief

Avinash Subramaniam

Chillingly for his rivals, Hakimullah Mehsud has been compared to Idi Amin

Anatomy of a City under Attack

Revati Laul

This correspondent does a spot of terror tourism (is there another kind possible?) on a day seven rockets fell in Kabul.

In Black, Red and Green

Revati Laul

The war-torn nation’s hopes, fears and nightmares before a national election

The Great Shame

Revati Laul

The war to oust the Taliban is far more complex than military men would have you believe. But it must be waged anyway.

Republic of Divides

Basharat Peer

Rock music, English satire, mansions with private guards and big guns. Meanwhile, students work as shoeshine boys. And death threats are issued on FM radio. A journey into a country of contradictions