Strategic Depth or Destabilization? Pakistan’s Covert Role in Afghan Political Fragmentation
By A. Shafaq For over four decades, Afghanistan has been caught in a relentless cycle of war, insurgency, and fragile...
Militarization and the Rise of Militancy in Balochistan
ADN Human rights activist Abdullah Abbas, now living in exile in Germany due to persecution by the Pakistani military, has...
“Do Not Recognize the Taliban”: Afghan Diaspora Across Europe Marks Four Years of Darkness
Four years ago, on 15 August 2021, Kabul fell to the Taliban. For many Afghans, that day marked the beginning of...
Four Years After Taliban Takeover, Afghan Women Still Pay the Heaviest Price
On August 15, 2025, Afghanistan marks four years since the Taliban’s return to power — an event that former Afghan...
Afghanistan’s Crisis Four Years On: The Man-Made Roots of Displacement and the Path Forward
ADN Four years have passed since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, but the country continues...
Time to Revisit British Border Legacies: Why the Durand Line Can’t Be the Basis of Modern Geopolitics
By A. Shafaq Introduction: A Colonial Relic in the 21st Century In the age of decolonization and self-determination, it is an...
Afghanistan Four Years On: Repression, Return, and a Deepening Crisis
By SS Ahmad Four years after the Taliban seized power in August 2021, Afghanistan finds itself mired in one of...
From Quetta to Kabul: A Double-Edged Repression
By Nasir Khattak Across South Asia’s western frontiers, a disturbing symmetry has emerged—one that links the repression of Baloch voices...
Nowhere to Belong: The Aftermath of Deportation for Afghan Returnees
By SS Ahmad As the international gaze shifts elsewhere, tens of thousands of Afghans find themselves pushed back into a...
The Silent Graveyard of Disappeared Voices – A Cautionary Tale for Afghanistan
By Kadeem Baloch As geopolitical storms gather once again over South and Central Asia, the dusty mountains of Balochistan bear...