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...
In Search of Identity: Finding Home Between Germany and Afghanistan
ADN Seevetal, Germany — For Hares Ahrari, identity is not a straightforward question. Born to an Afghan father and a Ukrainian...
Pakistan’s Power and Energy Crisis: Chronic Outages, Rising Costs, and a Dark Future
By Nasir Khattak In early January 2025, a nerve-breaking power outage in northern Pakistan sparked a week-long protest that shut down a...
Afghan Diaspora in Vienna Rallies Against Deportations from Iran
ADN On a grey summer afternoon in Vienna, the usually quiet spot in front of the United Nations Headquarters echoed...
I am Afghan
By Sina Behboodzadeh I was 22 years old when I had to leave Afghanistan for political reasons. Just at the...
Pakistan’s Cross-Border Actions in Balochistan and Afghanistan
By Kadeem Baloch Pakistan is running a shadow war—out of sight, beyond borders, and without consequences. From the scorched hills...
Baloch Women, Afghan Children: Victims of the Same Militarised Mindset
By Kadeem Baloch Across the barren stretches of Balochistan and the war-scarred valleys of eastern Afghanistan, the cries of the...
Diaspora and more: Civil society engagement of Afghan and Syrian communities in Germany
By Karoline Popp and Dr. Nils Friedrichs 1 Background 1.1 The Afghan and Syrian diaspora in Germany At the end of 2024,...