A New Chapter in Kabul: Why India’s Return Matters More Than Recognition
By A. Shafaq In October 2025, India formally upgraded its diplomatic mission in Kabul from a “technical mission” to full...
Afghanistan
Drone Strike Tests Regional Security After Mutaqi’s Moscow Remarks
By Kazim Jafari In his address at the 7th Moscow Format meeting, Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaqi delivered a carefully worded speech that reflected both Afghanistan’s growing...
Afghan-Born Doctor Honored Among Austria’s Finest
By Wakeel Attock In Vienna, a city renowned for its medical tradition, an Afghan doctor has become a symbol of...
From British Defeats to Roaring Unemployment: Helmand’s Latest War
By Ghulam Habib Nusrat Helmand, long remembered as a battlefield where empires were humbled and the British suffered bitter defeats,...
From Retaliation to Routine: Pakistan’s Militarism Along the Durand Line
By Rahmatullah Achakzai For decades, Pakistan has invoked the rhetoric of “national security” to justify military adventurism across its western...
Amrullah Saleh: Afghanistan Is Not Talibanistan, Nor Pashtunistan
ADN Amrullah Saleh, Afghanistan’s former vice president and one of the staunchest opponents of the Taliban, has spoken out from...
Deported Afghans Struggle to Survive at Home
By Ali Ahmad In recent months, despite a deepening humanitarian crisis, Iran and Pakistan have forcibly returned millions of Afghans...
Afghan Villages Bear the Human Cost of Pakistan’s Border Policy
By Rahmatullah Achakzai KHOST/NANGARHAR — Along the jagged ridges that trace Afghanistan’s eastern frontier, the stakes of border control are not abstract....
The Durand Line Dilemma: Pakistan’s Colonial Hangover and Afghanistan’s Sovereignty Struggle
By A. Shafaq In the arid mountains of South and Central Asia, the Durand Line slices through villages, valleys and...
Ex-Minister: Khalilzad’s Early Service ‘Unforgettable,’ Doha Deal a Historic Mistake
ADN Former Afghan Interior Minister and special envoy Umar Daudzai has offered a nuanced but critical assessment of Zalmay Khalilzad,...
