Taliban rising and fighting. We’ll ask who and what the Taliban really is today.

We talk to reporters who have been on the front lines in Afghanistan, and discuss how President Obama’s decision on troops might play out on the ground.

A hot summer in Afghanistan. Coalition forces pushing village by village into Taliban turf. We’ll go to the front lines — and strategy — of the Afghan push.

A new novel from Ali Sethi on growing up under dictatorship and upheaval in Pakistan.

The New York Times’ David Leonhardt on the economy. The Washington Post’s Perry Bacon on politics. And Jack Beatty on it all.

As Pakistan’s president comes to the White House, fears in Washington grow over Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal and the Taliban. We’ll look at the loose-nuke threat on the Af-Pak front.

A new plan for Afghanistan. Pakistan, too. We’ll look at the Obama strategy and what it’s up against.

We’ll see Pakistan through the eyes of acclaimed debut author Daniyal Mueenuddin, whose stories of family and class go far beyond the headlines – from bustling city to village life.

Admiral William Fallon, head of U.S. Central Command until last year, gives us his read on threats, and opportunities, now in the Middle East and beyond.

After the terror in Mumbai, we look at what the bloody attacks mean for India, Pakistan, and the United States.

Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf is headed out. We’ll look at what it means for Pakistan, the United States, and the war on terrorism.

Decision, destruction, and swirling debate. The Supreme Court gives a big win to Guantanamo detainees. Pakistan claims a U.S. air strike killed its troops. In Europe, President Bush talks tough on Iran.
Back home, hell and high water. Floods and a tornado devastate the Midwest. Four Boy Scouts are dead.
Oil prices get scarier. Tainted tomatoes sicken [...]

Benazir Bhutto was not just a beloved symbol of democracy to millions of Pakistanis. She was also the keystone of Washington’s long-shot plans for some kind of stability in Pakistan. She was the Bush administration’s last best hope for pulling Pakistan back from the brink.
Her very return to Pakistan two months ago was part of [...]

It is the biggest frontline U.S. ally in President Bush’s war on terror, and today Pakistan is in a state of emergency. Constitution suspended. Elections postponed. Supreme Court chief justice fired. Streets full of police. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of protestors and opponents of Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s military ruler, are under arrest.
Critics call it martial law. [...]

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf won a messy and still legally disputed election over the weekend. Looks like another term for the U.S.-backed strongman. Maybe he’ll take off his military uniform, or maybe not.
Just to add to the confusion, a U.S.-backed rival to Musharraf, Benazir Bhutto, may return now from exile. Meanwhile, a battle in Pakistan’s [...]