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...
Afghan Culture Shines at Vienna’s Costumes of the World Show
ADN Every year, Vienna hosts one of Europe’s most vibrant intercultural events: the Costumes of the World fashion show at the historic...
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,...
“No Deals with the Taliban”: Activists, Refugee Groups Rally in Vienna
ADN Dozens of activists and refugee support groups protested outside Austria’s Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum (Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und...