Erased, But Not Gone: The Afghan Women Who Stayed
By SS Ahmad The Taliban knew her name, her rank, and exactly where to find her. When they called Latifa...
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Deadly Airstrikes Deepen Tensions Between Pakistan and Afghanistan
By Kazim Jafari Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar and Paktika provinces during Ramadan have sharply escalated tensions between the two countries,...
Afghan Leaders Push Back Against Pakistan’s Narrative
By Kazim Jafari Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s recent remarks in parliament - acknowledging that Pakistan had “rented itself out” to...
Afghanistan in the Global Peace Index 2025: A Fragile State in a Fragmenting Region
ADN The Global Peace Index (GPI) 2025 places Afghanistan near the bottom of the global rankings at 158 out of...
Afghanistan’s Education System at Breaking Point
By SS Ahmad Afghanistan’s education system is entering a critical phase of collapse, according to new UNICEF findings. Restrictive policies,...
Taliban–Pakistan Tensions, Daesh, and the Politics of Narrative
By A. Shafaq When Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s chief spokesperson, addresses relations with Pakistan, security threats, and regional instability, he...
Inside the Afghan Diaspora’s Push for Aid and Recovery
By Ali Ahmad This article examines one of the most active forms of emergency aid: the Afghan diaspora-led mobilization, whose...
Taliban Stranglehold on Religion: Islamic Books Taken Off Shelves
By Ilhamuddin Afghan A wave of controversy and fear has swept through Afghanistan as the Taliban regime ordered private universities...
Escalating Poverty Grips in Afghanistan: A Bleak Reality
By Ilhamuddin Afghan Afghanistan's economic downturn, which predates the Taliban's assumption of power, took a sharp turn for the worse...
The Taliban’s Governance Challenges
By Ilhamuddin Afghan In the wake of the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan since August 2021, a complex narrative...
