Repeated negotiations have failed to bridge the divide between Pakistan’s security demands and the Taliban regime’s denials. With UN reports raising concerns over TTP activity, continued border violence threatening lives and trade,
The history of instability in Afghanistan, and the recent outbreak of violence in Badakhshan, demonstrates that the situation within the country has weakened to the extent that the processes taking place there
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Australia’s imposition of autonomous sanctions on senior Taliban leaders marks a decisive moment in the global response to Afghanistan’s ongoing human rights crisis. Announced on 5 December 2025, these measures go beyond
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On December 2, Taliban’s Supreme Court announced that, on the orders of Supreme Leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, a man, identified as Mangal, was publicly executed at a stadium in Khost city, the provincial
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The late-November 2025 incidents involving Afghan evacuees from Operation Allies Welcome (OAW) exposed deep structural weaknesses within the United States’ (US) security and immigration systems. The attack by Rahmanullah Lakanwal – an evacuee who
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A senior military officer has told an independent inquiry that a cover-up of potential war crimes committed by UK special forces in Afghanistan appeared to stem from a “conscious decision” by the
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For more than a decade, the CIA secretly waged an unconventional war on Afghanistan’s opium trade, using a highly classified program to airdrop billions of specially bred poppy seeds over fields in
More In Afghanistan today, the mere mention of the Taliban’s “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice” — the so-called religious police — is enough to send women and girls trembling. Ostensibly tasked
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On Wednesday, a high-level delegation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, led by intelligence chief Abdul Haq Wasiq, arrived in Istanbul for the third round of talks with Pakistan. The discussions, between
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The state cannot take Decisions abruptly overnight; it follows a series of processes to identify enduring strategic objectives. For that matter, viewing Pakistan’s October 9 strikes on Afghanistan as a counter-response to
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Water, the lifeblood of civilizations, is growing rapidly as the new instrument of power in South Asia. Afghanistan’s recent pronouncements about building dams on the Kunar and Kabul rivers are more than
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In diplomacy, most declarations fade with the ink that seals them. Yet the Joint Declaration in Türkiye stands apart—a moment when Pakistan transitioned from quiet endurance to principled assertion. Under the mediation
More The U.S. government has asked a judge to deport a father of two to Afghanistan, where he fears the Taliban would likely kill him, despite the fact that he has not been
More Talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Istanbul (October 25-28), mediated by Qatar and Turkey, collapsed amidst strident rhetoric. Pakistan issued a 72-hour ultimatum “for Taliban to summon TTP Shura or we act unilaterally.” Taliban
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On October 18, 2025, successive air strikes by Pakistan in Paktika Province killed eight people, including three club cricketers attending a post-match gathering. The incident sparked particular outrage and inflamed public sentiment
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Zalmay Khalilzad’s name has long been associated with Afghanistan, but not in a manner that reflects an affinity for the country or its people. His career, marked by a series of controversial
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