Pakistan’s Proxy War Returns to Nuristan
Whether recruitment is conducted by opposition groups, criminal networks, or regional proxies, the underlying mechanism remains the same: economic hardship...
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Rights Erode as Durand Line Tensions Escalate
A country that looks calm on the surface but is cracking underneath. Five years after the Taliban swept back into...
The Durand Line’s Missing History
For Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Durand Line remains a central fault line in regional politics. Nabi Sahak’s Anglo‑Afghan Power and Politics,...
Amnesty International: Pakistan’s Kabul Strike May Be a War Crime
“Pakistan failed to verify whether the target was a military objective. The strike possibly amounts to a war crime.” A...
Pakistan’s New Playbook: Pitting Afghan Groups Against One Another
Pakistan military has once again decided to use proxy warfare through new actors. By A. Shafaq The Durand Line frontier...
Afghan Refugees in Pakistan Face Night Raids and Fear‑Driven Survival
Pakistan’s approach has grown even more confrontational, marked by military airstrikes inside Afghanistan that killed civilians and sparked widespread outrage...
Taliban Say They Hit Targets in Pakistan, Pushing a Fragile Standoff Toward Crisis
Kabul’s claimed strikes deepen mistrust as Islamabad maintains deliberate silence By SS Ahmad Tensions across the Durand Line between Afghanistan...
Khar Qamar Seven Years On and the Unresolved Pashtun Rights Crisis
By Shinwari The seventh anniversary of the Khar Qamar incident on 26 May 2019 once again draws attention to one...
Tribal Leaders in Bajaur and Kunar Reach a Community Peace Deal
By Dawood Jabarkhail PESHAWAR / KUNAR — After months of tension along the Durand Line, tribal elders from Pakistan’s Bajaur...
A Century‑Old Line, a New Digital Battlefield: Durand Line Tensions Resurface in the Afghan Diaspora
By A. Shafaq The Afghan diaspora has once again plunged into a heated and emotionally charged debate over the Durand...
