Pakistan says it struck militant hideouts in Afghanistan as cross-border fighting intensified and both sides traded blame.

Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said, "History happens forward but is written backwards." The US-Israel ...

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The phone call that probably saved my life was not a particularly welcome one at first. It was June 2023, and after a long ...

In a 40-year career that brought him two Pulitzers, he reported from trouble spots around the world, eloquently conveying the ...

In 1971, the United States launched a secret satellite program called JUMPSEAT, which surveilled the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War. Before, during, and after the Cold War reconnaissance ...

The size of the U.S. military budget has often reflected the country’s changing role in global affairs. Defense spending has ...

Oil disruption benefits Russia, as does less U.S. aid for Ukraine. And Iran distracts from China.

Over four years of border tensions and clashes have drilled a deep well of distrust between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The recent war between Afghanistan and Pakistan has been overshadowed by the attack on Iran by U.S. and Israeli imperialism. Yet the Afghan-Pakistan war, which began 21-22 February 2026 has resulted ...

By undermining Chinese projects [in Afghanistan], the ISI seeks to remind Beijing that Pakistan remains a critical gatekeeper for regional connectivity, especially through CPEC.” ...

This article was originally published in early November 2025, in issue #2 of International Marxism, international political ...