Benazir Bhutto thought she had a deal with General Musharraf -- until Nawaz Sharif came along, writes Graham Usher in Islamabad

Six years after 9/11 and the US-led occupation of Afghanistan, the Taliban are making a remarkable comeback, writes Gamal Nkrumah

As demonstrators march on the White House with a million signatures on a petition to impeach Bush and Cheney, doubts persist about the event that made them "wartime leaders", says Eric Walberg