At the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union held on April 7 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev once again called on the international community to avoid isolating Afghanistan. He emphasized the importance of establishing constructive dialogue with the current government and recognizing Afghanistan as an integral part of CentralContinue Reading
March marked the fourth year that Afghan girls were told their minds are still unwanted, and that education for any female over 12 was still impossible. Their tears and acts of self-harm are unheeded. International attention is now aimed at papering over the problem. In the same month, in NewContinue Reading
It’s been three and a half years since the Taliban resumed power in Afghanistan. Unrelenting in the pursuit of profit and control, the Taliban have repeatedly marketed themselves as the best guarantors of stability, but their claims are regularly disproven by their actions. Lies, extremism, violence, and graft remain centralContinue Reading
In a surprising and unexpected move, the United States recently removed the names of three top leaders of the Haqqani Network – Sirajuddin Haqqani, Yahya Haqqani, and Aziz Haqqani – from its “Rewards for Justice” program. This list had previously offered large cash rewards for information leading to the captureContinue Reading
On March 31, Russia’s Supreme Court announced that it had received a petition from Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov seeking to lift the ban on the Taliban. The Supreme Court stated that it would hold a hearing regarding this petition on April 17. According to a law adopted by Russia last year, the court hasContinue Reading
As Afghanistan plunged into chaos in August 2021, with the collapse of its government and its leaders fleeing, former President Hamid Karzai made an unprecedented and unexpected decision: He stayed. Amid the panic, as thousands of Kabul residents rushed to the airport, terrified by the news of a complete U.S.Continue Reading
According to the Global Terrorism Index 2025, Pakistan was the second-worst country affected by terrorism in the preceding year. This isn’t surprising; three of the world’s ten deadliest terrorist groups — Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Islamic State of Khorasan (ISK), and the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) — operate in Pakistan.Continue Reading
