Is Pakistan Intelligence Implicated In Afghanistan Bombings? -- Mark Urban, BBC
One of the main theories being investigated by western forces in Afghanistan is that Tuesday's bombing aimed at Shia targets, which killed 58 people, was carried out by the Haqqani network.
If this is true, it would point the finger at Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence agency, which has nurtured a long relationship with this Afghan group, and has been publicly accused by the US of using it to orchestrate terrorist attacks in Kabul.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Will China become the next major global power? Depends on its rural development. -- Eric X. Li, Christian Science Monitor
Playing With Fire: Obama's Risky Oil Threat to China -- Michael T. Klare, The Nation
A Nuclear Option for Saudi Arabia? -- Arnaud de Borchgrave, Atlantic Council
Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Iranian Oil Weapon? -- IBD Editorial
Egypt, the Beginning or the End? -- Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Don’t Abandon Democracy Efforts in Middle East; Redouble Them -- Michael Rubin, Commentary
Cold War returns to Mideast -- Samuel Segev, Winnipeg Free Press
Another UN Failure -- Bethany Mandel, Commentary
Falklands warning -- The Telegraph editorial
Falklands Blockade Is an Act of War Toward Britain -- Nile Gardiner, Real Clear World/Compass
A Western Hemisphere, minus the U.S. -- L.A. Times editorial
Crunch Time for the Euro and Europe: Taking Note of the Elephant -- Bruce Crumley, Time
The eurozone crisis: a terrifying race to become a diminished world power -- Timothy Garton Ash, The Guardian