'The cover of my new book was likely to shock Pakistani sensibilities but my local book store owner said he'd keep it under the counter with the Salman Rushdie novels. Not the worst company.'

‘Why is Britain pledging £650 million without ensuring that Islamabad does more to inhibit jihadists of Pakistani origin in our own country?’

The historic city in Pakistan's North West Frontier — home to the Smugglers' bazaar, Khyber Pass and Grand Trunk Road — is seeing its rich culture eroded by religious fundamentalism

The British official who fixed the frontier that now divides Afghanistan and Pakistan unwittingly unleashed a century of war