Back to square one
With the Taliban losing its control over most Afghan cities, civil war is likely to sweep the country, Absar Alam writes from Islamabad

America's 'disappeard'
Is America turning into a banana republic? Mohamed Hakki sees the signs

Meanwhile, back in Islamabad
As a new regime for Afghanistan is brokered, Pakistan continues to speak out. But its voice is going increasingly unheard. Iffat Malik writes from Islamabad

A portentous prelude

As their hold on Afghanistan's urban centres crumbles, Taliban forces go on the defensive, but the anti-war movement in the West shows no signs of abating, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Imaging the future
Brute murderers, religious fanatics and abusers of women. What can Arabs and Muslims do to break down harmful stereotypes? Omayma Abdel-Latif reports on a recent attempt to do just that

No man's an island
Osama Bin Laden's maternal family in Syria speaks to Ranwa Yehia of memories of the most wanted man in the world

Profiling racism
How "civilised" is harassing and detaining people on racial, ethnic and religious grounds? Fatemah Farag checks in

Why they love us
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery. It could express a warped sort of admiration. Tarek Atia takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the principle of reverse jealousy

Plus ça change...
Assessing the US and Northern Alliance's military-strategic performance in Afghanistan, Galal Nassar asks what the seemingly impressive results mean for the country's internal stability in the future

Arab-Afghans battered
The death of Al-Qa'eda's military commander, Mohamed Atef, and the arrest by the Northern Alliance of Ahmed Omar Abdel-Rahman, the son of Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiya's spiritual leader, have dealt two severe blows to Arabs fighting with the Taliban
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None of the above
The US is caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to setting down a plan for post-Taliban Afghanistan, writes Nyier Abdou

The issue at hand
NA commander Haji Mohamed Mohaqiq talks to Al-Ahram Weekly on the Hazara minority, allegations of human rights infractions and Afghanistan's future leadership

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