More: Afghanistan
The Moscow-Kabul Nexus: From Middle East to battle for Central Asia ‘s future
The year 2025 will be marked as the year of shifting shadows - uncertainty and reckless horizons. In a move on July 3, Russia...
Will China’s Diplomatic Push Secure Pakistan-Taliban Peace?
Authors: Prof. Bawa Singh and Jay Koche (Ph.D*
The Afghan Taliban has remained a key part of its Pakistan "strategic depth" doctrine at one point...
Al-Qaeda’s Global Footprint
In the volatile geopolitical climate of South Asia, the recent Pahalgam terrorist incident has reignited tensions between India and Pakistan, with India amplifying diplomatic...
Trade Over Tensions
Recent diplomatic overtures between Pakistan and Afghanistan, catalysed by China’s strategic mediation, signal a transformative phase in their historically complex relationship. The Beijing trilateral...
The Taliban’s Cyber Caliphate
The digital battleground has become an increasingly critical theatre for modern geopolitical conflicts, and the Taliban’s recent social media campaign targeting the United Arab...
The United States’ Termination of Afghan TPS
In a contentious move poised to reverberate across global humanitarian circles, US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi L. Noem has declared the termination of...
A Distraction from Afghanistan’s Terrorism Crisis
The recent accusations levelled against Pakistan by Zalmay Khalilzad, the former US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, represent yet another attempt to deflect attention...
Taliban and Russia normalize relations
Russia and the Taliban are now bringing their positions closer together in the legal and official fields. The days before, the Russian Supreme Court...
The Taliban: From Ideological Insurgents to Organized Crime Syndicate
Images of men holding onto planes following the Taliban takeover of Kabul in 2021 during the US military evacuation of Afghanistan were left seared...
Advanced US Weapons in the Hands of Rebels
The withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in August 2021 marked the end of a two-decade-long war, but it also sowed the seeds of...