Pakistan’s Military Uses Conflict with Afghanistan to Escape Domestic Accountability
By Rahmatullah Achakzai February was among the bloodiest months in Pakistan’s recent history, not because of any foreign aggressor but...
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Tops the World’s Unhappiest Nations
By Kazim Jafari Afghanistan has once again been named the unhappiest country in the world, according to the latest global happiness...
Afghan Diaspora Warns Europe: Don’t Re‑Empower Failed Actors
A recent open letter from leading Afghan civil society and political organizations in the diaspora to the President of the...
Pakistan Weaponises Military Conflict With Afghanistan to Dodge Its Saudi Defence Obligations
By Fatima Chaudhary On the night of March 16, 2026, Pakistani warplanes struck the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul,...
Neutrality as Afghanistan’s Missing Path to Peace
In a statement posted on her X account titled “current perspective on the recent development in Afghanistan,” peace and reconciliation...
A War Crime in Kabul the World Chose to Ignore
Human Rights Watch’s investigation into Pakistan’s March 16, 2026 airstrike on the Omid Drug Rehabilitation Center in Kabul exposes one...
Afghan Diaspora Rally in Brussels to Condemn Pakistani Airstrikes
Dozens of Afghans from across Europe gathered on 25 March outside the European Parliament in Brussels to protest Pakistan’s recent...
How Islamabad Shia Mosque Bombing Exposed Pakistan’s Failure to Protect Religious Spaces
By Shinwari Sectarian violence has long been a defining and deeply destabilising feature of Pakistan’s internal security landscape, rooted in...
Pakistan’s Mask Comes Off
In August 2016, Shahbaz Sharif wrote on his X (former Twitter) that “one cannot imagine anyone stooping as low as...
Paper Tiger Diplomacy: The Structural Failures of China’s Mediation Strategy
By Nasir Khattak On the morning of 27th February, Pakistan declared open war on Afghanistan. Fighter jets struck Kabul, Kandahar, and...
