Lisa Curtis analyzes America's economic, security and political relationships with India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other nations of South Asia as a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.
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Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership must do what is necessary to rid the nation of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP, the Pakistani Taliban), the group claiming… Read More
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In the largest terrorist attack in Pakistan in more than a year, a suicide bomber on Sunday detonated his explosives near the border with India… Read More
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This year’s Nobel Peace Prize brings attention to long-standing tensions between India and Pakistan, which have flared in the last week due to heavy cross-border shelling… Read More
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Yesterday I attended the historic gathering of nearly 20,000 Indian Americans in New York City’s Madison Square Garden, where visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi… Read More
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The recently launched al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) attempted to hijack a Pakistani Navy frigate on September 6 in order to use it to… Read More
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Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri’s video announcement launching an al-Qaeda wing in the Indian Subcontinent is almost certainly part of the organization’s efforts to compete with… Read More
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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan received a boost today when a joint sitting of parliament endorsed his leadership following two weeks of street demonstrations… Read More
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Yesterday’s killing of U.S. Army Major General Harold Greene in Afghanistan will not change the administration’s plans to leave a residual force in the country… Read More
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Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John F. Kirby said that the killing of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Harold Greene in an insider attack at a training… Read More
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After a relatively successful first round of presidential elections in Afghanistan in April, the second round—held June 14—has led to a full-blown political crisis that… Read More
