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Friday April 26, 2024
Bruce Riedel

  • August 17, 2023

    Afghan jihad and Kashmir

    Ex-ISI chief General Akhtar Abdul Rahman. —The News/File photoTampa, Florida, is a long way from South Asia, but in mid-2011 I was there to attend...

  • August 17, 2022

    Pakistan and the Soviet occupation

    When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, Zia asked General Akhtar, his ISI Chief, for an appraisal of the threat posed by the invasion. Akhtar...

  • August 17, 2021

    Soviet Afghanistan, and Kashmir

    File photoTampa, Florida, is a long way from South Asia, but in mid-2011 I was there to attend a conference on Pakistan at the headquarters of the...