Victory of sorts
After the carnage, the stock-taking. Iffat Malek considers the United States' record in the war in Afghanistan

Lessons unlearned
If there was anything to take away from the bloody prisoner uprising in Afghanistan last month, it was that detained Al-Qa'eda fighters do not stop fighting, Absar Alam reports from Islamabad

The dynamics of escalation
Drum-beating in New Delhi suggests that just as one South Asian war is dying down, another may be starting up, writes Iffat Malik from Islamabad

Somalia next on the block?
Few of the countries on America's post-Afghanistan hit-list in Africa have the stomach for a fight with Uncle Sam. Not least Somalia, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Take me to your leader
The US is hoping that Taliban and Al-Qa'eda prisoners will provide a "treasure trove" of intelligence. But at what expense? Nyier Abdou tracks the fate of thousands of war prisoners netted in Afghanistan