Pak-Afghan relations
No nation has of yet formally recognized the new Taliban government in Afghanistan. The regime is still in quest for recognition after nearly six months in power. Its leaders’ visits…
With Afghan pullout, US ditches ‘forever wars’
Joe Biden’s pullout from Afghanistan has stunned with its speed, but Washington already decided four years ago that it was fed up with “forever wars” and turned its attention to…
Scenarios for Afghanistan with foreign troops all but gone
With the United States military presence in Afghanistan effectively over, the country faces an uncertain future with Taliban attacks rampant and the threat of civil war looming. Fears are growing…
Afghan reconciliation
THE results of the 2019 Afghan presidential elections have further complicated the prospects for achieving intra-Afghan political reconciliation. They have pushed down the hope that the newly elected regime would…
No change in Afghan policy
BILLED as one of the most momentous presidential elections in American history, the outcome of the 2020 race will have far-reaching implications for the world’s most powerful nation and beyond. If the…
Into the Afghan labyrinth
JUST weeks after a toxic Twitter exchange between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Imran Khan, the former has reportedly sought Islamabad’s help in the Afghan peace negotiations. While the…
Afghan dynamics and déjà vu
THE decision by the US to engage in direct dialogue with the Afghan Taliban and its willingness to pull out of Afghanistan has set off a new dynamic that has…
Brazen Taliban attack threatens Afghan peace talks, stability
A Taliban attack on top US and Afghan security chiefs inside a highly secure compound in Afghanistan is a major coup for the insurgents that threatens to torpedo peace talks…
The Afghan stalemate
Powerful states are averse to admitting their mistakes. President Obama came close, by conceding that the Iraq war was unjust. He went on to claim that the war in Afghanistan…
The Afghan war
The US is still at war in Afghanistan - not that you’d know it from the presidential election. While the campaign against ISIL (also known as ISIS) in Iraq and…
