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Why 2012 will shake up Asia and the world By John Feffer The United States has long styled itself a Pacific power. It established the model of counter-insurgency in the Philippines in 1899 and defeated the Japanese in World War II. It faced down the Chinese and the North Koreans to keep...

India promises to prop up Karzai By M K Bhadrakumar President Hamid Karzai's two-day visit to India presages a major realignment of regional powers over the Afghan problem. India has taken a carefully thought-out decision to pitch for a key role in the so-called "endgame" in Afghanistan...

Transcript of Siraj Haqqani's interview Siraj Haqqani, a key leader of Afghanistan's militant Haqqani network, tells the BBC in an exclusive interview it was not responsible for killing Burhanuddin Rabbani, the man overseeing Taliban peace talks in Afghanistan. Mr Haqqani was giving an audio...