Diplomacy and the Taliban – Modern Diplomacy
The Taliban’s victory put many countries in an awkward position. They encountered the dilemma, whether to recognize the reality and go along with the existence…
UN ‘concerned’ Taliban detaining Afghan women for dress code violations | Women’s Rights News
Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says the UN preoccupation with Afghan women is unwarranted. The United Nations mission in Afghanistan is “deeply concerned” about Taliban…
I teach in secret, defying the Taliban ban and fighting despair | Women’s Rights
I have sent the link and I am waiting for my students to join the Zoom session. I am teaching them English. I receive a…
Veiled rebellion: Female medical students go underground in Afghanistan | Taliban
Lima stayed home the last time the Taliban inspected the hospital where she secretly trains as a nurse. After five years of medical training, Lima,…
The Imperative for Vigilant Monitoring of the Taliban in Post-U.S. Withdrawal Afghanistan
Concerns about the Taliban’s possible return and the threats it would bring to international security grew as the world saw the United States remove its…
Afghan schoolgirls are finishing 6th grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over.
Last week, U.N. special envoy Roza Otunbayeva expressed concern that a generation of Afghan girls is falling behind with each day that passes. Last week,…
Afghanistan: Taliban’s return to ‘international norms’ is non-negotiable says UN mission chief
Lack of progress in resolving human rights issues is a key factor behind the current impasse between Afghanistan and the international community, the UN Special…
What explains the dramatic rise in armed attacks in Pakistan? | Armed Groups News
Islamabad, Pakistan – A recent deadly suicide attack on a military post in northwest Pakistan has raised fears of the return of armed rebellion in…
Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report
Taliban officials are sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, according to a new UN report.Key points:The report says women are…
Potential Threats, Fears and Strategic Analysis
Recently, a scholar from the London School of Economics and the author of an Oxford University Press book on Al-Qaeda, Sajjan Gohel, wrote an article…
Afghanistan fiasco -collapse of state building 20 years project
The failure of the Afghan state-building project is often attributed to the belief that Afghan society was not ready and that state-building with force is…
Pressure Tactic has little results
Political and diplomatic processes regarding the unrecognized Islamic Emirate continue to evolve. On the eve, two solid conferences were held in Islamabad and Dushanbe, and…
Is Modi’s India cosying up to the Taliban? | Taliban
On November 24, more than two years after Taliban fighters drove into Kabul to reclaim control over Afghanistan, a key, lasting outpost of the government…
The “Proxy” Dilemma and the Taliban
Pakistan-Taliban relations are deteriorating to the extent that one could even call it a fully-fledged crisis. With scathing statements from both sides, this is arguably…
Pakistan military says four fighters killed near Afghanistan border | Pakistan Taliban News
Troops are continuing to search the Khaisoor area of North Wazirstan district for fighters in hiding. Pakistani security forces have killed four armed fighters, including…
Taliban minister raised refugee assets issue during Pakistan visit: Embassy | Refugees News
The Taliban’s acting commerce minister met Pakistan’s foreign minister in Islamabad this week, says an Afghan embassy statement, discussing trade and how the thousands of…
Afghan opium poppy cultivation plunges by 95 percent under Taliban: UN | Taliban News
The restriction on poppy cultivation has decimated a key trade for hundreds of thousands of farmers and laborers. Poppy cultivation and opium production have plunged…
Taliban urges Pakistan to grant more time for undocumented Afghans to leave | Migration News
Pakistan has given 1.7 million undocumented Afghans in the country until November 1 to leave voluntarily or be deported. Afghanistan’s Taliban government has urged Pakistan…
Afghanistan girls education activist Matiullah Wesa released by Taliban | Women News
Wesa, who travelled the country campaigning for girls to have access to education, freed after seven months in prison. An Afghan rights campaigner who advocated…
Fractured Politics and Backward Societies
The political interests in the world are in a state of deep upheavals, conflicts, and transformations. Seemingly, after everything the recent years have seen, there…