A popular representation of the Buddha shows him seated crosslegged, with his left hand in his lap, palm up. The right hand overhangs his right knee and touches the ground. This posture, known as the bhumisparsha mudra, the “earth witness” pose, commemora... See more
Afghanistan is crumbling On Monday, an engineer set himself on fire in a Kabul street because he could not find work to feed his wife and three children. He died in hospital. It was the latest sign of desperation in Afghanistan, a nation that has seen peo... See more
The US-Israeli attack on Iran presents an opportunity to get rid of the Taliban in Afghanistan. If there is a collapse of central authority in Iran, tens of thousands of Afghan former soldiers living in exile there could use the power vacuum to mobilise, ... See more
