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...
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...