Pashteen Slams Maryam Nawaz for Calling KP and Balochistan a Threat
By Kadeem Baloch Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s recent claim that Punjab faces greater security threats from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP),...
Afghanistan
The Poisonous Snake on the Tongue: Pragmatics, Neuro-Politics, and Subversive Morphometry of the Afghan Landay in the Mirman Baheer Circle
By Ivan Pozzoni The repression exercised by theocratic regimes concerns the control of bodies, spaces, and speech. In the Afghan...
Afghanistan Ambassador’s Independence Day Warning
“Our success and victory lie in national unity.” At the Afghan Embassy in Dushanbe—known as “Little Afghanistan” because it still...
Karzai Under the Taliban: Confined Life, Unbroken Stand for Girls’ Education
“The only time that children got the opportunity to educate themselves… was the 20 years of the Republic.” By Kazim Jafari...
Karzai on Pakistan: “They can’t live with any Afghan government.”
Karzai urges Pakistan to abandon extremism as a tool of influence. By Kazim Jafari In his interview with Mishal Husain for...
Mass Deportations of Afghan Refugees from Pakistan Continues
The deportations of Afghans from Pakistan are not only a humanitarian catastrophe but also a destabilizing economic and political act....
The Durand Line’s Missing History
For Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Durand Line remains a central fault line in regional politics. Nabi Sahak’s Anglo‑Afghan Power and Politics,...
Five Years of Taliban Rule: Munich Voices Demand Action for Afghan Women
Any engagement with the Taliban must take human rights seriously and must not normalize or legitimize the ongoing violations. Five...
August’s Story: A Nation That Won Freedom, and a Half That Lost It
No society can build stability by excluding women or suppressing entire communities. By Gousuddin Mir (President of AKIS Cultural Association in...
A Region Without Voices: Pakistan’s Press Restrictions Mirror Taliban Rule in Afghanistan
"Democracies protect journalists, not persecute them. A free independent press strengthens the democratic process and thereby the politicians.” By Kazim Jafari...
