A step back from the brink

Janus-faced Kashmir
A long-running sore since partition, Kashmir is the focus of not one, but two ongoing conflicts, writes Iffat Malik

No firing, yet
The leaders of India and Pakistan kept at a safe distance at the South Asian summit in Katmandu. But their nations' troops are in much more perilous proximity. Absar Alam writes from the Nepalese capital

Bombs, missiles and mines
As the manhunt for Al-Qa'eda and Taliban forces continues, the US-led campaign is still leaving a trail of destruction in embattled Afghanistan, writes Anayat Durrani from Washington

Demise of an ideology
For the first time in over a month Argentines are hopeful that a solution is in sight. And almost everybody agrees that a devaluation, however painful, is the first step towards such a solution, Hisham El-Naggar writes from Buenos Aires

Racial or racist profiling?
Arab Americans, even when they are US President George W Bush's own bodyguards, are now being taken off planes

Milestone or mediocrity?
The election of new Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa last week was no model for African democracy. Gamal Nkrumah wonders if post-colonial Africa has put politics before people

Coming in from the cold
The alternative World Social Forum 2002 meeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil, later this month has an unusual ally, writes Faiza Rady

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