Af Pak

How China, Saudi backing keeps Pak hooked on terror

US foreign policy experts are fretting over ways to 'tame' Pakistan — or let it collapse. But that's Mission Impossible so long as Pakistan has the backing of China and Saudi Arabia.

Karzai says Afghanistan joins Taliban peace talks: WSJ

The newspaper described the talks as an important breakthrough in efforts to end the 10-year war in Afghanistan, noting that Karzai's government had protested at previously being left out of talks between Washington and the insurgents.