More: Afghanistan
Shelling and Explosions Rock Pakistan-Afghanistan Border, Forcing Mass Displacement
Heavy shelling and explosions along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border have pushed hundreds of families to flee their homes, as fighting between Pakistani and Afghan forces...
Ghazab Lil Haq and the Price of Safe Havens
When in a newscast at the 0345 hours, it is announced that big figures have been killed and there is a list that long...
From Ally to Adversary: Why Pakistan Struck the Afghan Taliban
For decades, Pakistan was the Afghan Taliban’s closest supporter. Islamabad helped the Taliban rise in the early 1990s, seeking “strategic depth” in its rivalry...
Why Afghanistan and Pakistan Are Fighting Again?
Air strikes on Kabul, Kandahar and other Afghan cities mark the sharpest escalation yet in months of cross-border tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban...
Pakistan Declares “Open War” After Strikes on Afghan Cities
Pakistan has launched air-to-ground missile strikes on targets in Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia, marking one of the most serious escalations with Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities...
Ungoverned Space and Regional Spillover, Rethinking Afghanistan’s Borders
The Afghanistan crisis is generally spoken of as a crisis of the hour in terms of the Taliban, outside power intervention, or an unsuccessful...
Pistorius Says U.S. President’s Comments on NATO Allies Are “Disrespectful”
Germany’s Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has called on U.S. President Donald Trump to apologise for remarks implying that NATO allies in Afghanistan avoided frontline...
Doha Was a Deal, Not a Model
The suggestion of Zalmay Khalilzad to make Pakistan pursue an agreement of the Doha format with Kabul is pegged on a retrocedent vision of...
Afghan Trade Holds Steady in 2025 Despite Pakistan Border Closures
Afghanistan’s trade showed surprising resilience in 2025, despite repeated closures of key border crossings with Pakistan. The disruptions, linked to ongoing security tensions, could...
What the Transatlantic Intelligence Consortium Report Reveals
The latest report by the Transatlantic Intelligence Consortium has given a new life to such an issue, which the international community has failed to...