Emergency Rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Security Measure or a New Chapter in Pakistan’s Political Crisis?
Imposing emergency rule on a province already scarred by decades of conflict amounted to another experiment in authoritarian governance. By...
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Bakhtari Advocates for Afghan Women in Strasbourg
As international attention increasingly shifts away from Afghanistan, Manizha Bakhtari, Afghanistan's ambassador and permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna,...
Two Fronts, One Doctrine: Pakistan’s Proxy Warfare from Kashmir to Afghanistan
Pakistan helped create the Afghan Taliban and supported the Haqqani Network, which US Admiral Michael Mullen told the Senate in...
The Writing That Survives Prison: Khalid Qaderi’s Writing of Resistance
The Word as a Seized Space By Ivan Pozzoni Khalid Qaderi’s writing emerges within a geography in which language is...
Civilians Bear the Cost as Pakistan’s Air Campaign Expands into Afghanistan
By Gaheez Salarzai The rubble of destroyed homes in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar and southern Helmand provinces has become the latest...
What It Means to Be a Feminist: A Feminism That Makes No Noise
Being a feminist today does not necessarily require wearing a slogan or joining a rally, even as those actions remain...
The Price of Apathy: Afghanistan’s Compounding Crisis
More than 50 percent of women-led civil society organizations have not received any new funding since last year, and due...
Karzai’s Message Amid Renewed Pakistan-Afghanistan Tensions
Relations between Kabul and Islamabad continue to be shaped by mutual accusations, security concerns, and an increasingly dangerous cycle of...
Open Letter Asks UN to Investigate Pakistani Strikes in Afghanistan
Stop the airstrikes and artillery. Open an independent investigation under UN auspices, covering all attacks since the campaign began, including...
The anti-Taliban Satire of Ezatullah Zawab
Poetry as an Interrogation of Power By Ivan Pozzoni A Language That Refuses to Obey Ezatullah Zawab occupies a distinctive...
