Security handover holds challenges for Afghan forces
Afghanistan's security forces are braced for an uphill struggle as they take over lead responsibility for operations in the last remaining areas of the country, ahead of the withdrawal of…
Afghanistan security not without the Taliban
Deteriorating security situation, continuing crisis of governance, the excessively limited writ of the Karzai government, the failure of any substantive breakthrough in the Kabul-Taliban dialogue, the continuing military capacity to…
As Afghanistan suffers
Afghanistan’s central bank’s frozen assets serve as a stark reminder of the limitations and decline of American influence in the region. Much to the disappointment of the US and other…
Afghans in distress
Pakistan has hosted between 1.3 and 3.6 million refugees for over 40 years; many of them have returned several times due to regime changes in Kabul. Pakistan has not signed…
American security strategy
In its National Security Strategy released by the White House on October 12, the Biden administration asserts: “The PRC [People’s Republic of China] is the only competitor with both the…
SCO and Afghanistan
The changing circumstances in Afghanistan have been advancing a new stress test for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member-states. Seemingly, an effective multilateral response to emerging security threats from Afghanistan…
Afghanistan matters
While the world’s media is focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the daily horrors inflicted on Ukrainian civilians caught up in the conflict, there is an even greater…
The Afghan question
Since the US withdrawal and the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, the Biden administration has been pursuing the policy of limited engagement with the Taliban regime without recognizing it…
A democratic and inclusive Afghanistan
Millions of Afghans face the spectre of hunger and starvation. The recent devastating earthquake is likely to complicate the situation, pushing more Afghans below the poverty line, adding to the…
Bailouts and national security
Pakistan eagerly await for the IMF to release $1.17 billion that the nation needs to prevent the economy from tumbling into a profound crisis. Just last month, Pakistan reached a…
