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Brotherly Afghanistan?

ON September 7, Pakistan defeated Afghanistan in a thrilling cricket match in Sharjah. The Afghan popular reaction to this defeat was intense, and puzzling. Why did the Afghan people exhibit…

Events in Afghanistan

The current Afghan situation is to be seen on a bigger canvas not limited to events after the Soviet invasion in 1979 or the new World Order in the post…

Afghanistan’s humanitarian disaster

AFGHANISTAN’s humanitarian crisis is about to deepen. It is not only about food scarcity and the looming harsh winter that are coinciding with the continuing systemic violence. The consequences of the lack…

Crisis in Afghanistan

The growing risk of an unstable Afghanistan is not a new worry. Despite the fact that the Taliban regime is unable to bridge the gap between promises of inclusive governance,…

The new Afghanistan

AFTER the Biden administration announced its intention to withdraw all forces from Afghanistan while continuing to assist Ashraf Ghani’s government, there was a veritable hailstorm of articles in the US,…

Afghanistan: the skewed debate

Weeks after the Taliban took over Afghanistan and formed an interim government, the global conversation on Afghanistan continues to focus on those aspects of the debate that the countries find…

The future of Afghanistan

Taliban are just 50km away from Afghanistan’s capital Kabul after having captured the Logar province and its provincial capital Pol-e Alam. Logar is Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s home province. In…