More: Afghanistan
Russia & The Taliban: From Narrative Challenges To Opportunities
The Taliban’s lightning-fast takeover of Afghanistan was a “black-swan” event that completely changed the geostrategic situation in Central and South Asia. It also resulted...
Taliban victory threatens to be a double-edged sword for Pakistan and China
Pakistani efforts to exploit the Taliban victory in Afghanistan threaten to reinforce ultra-conservative inclinations in Pakistan itself, the world’s second-most populous Muslim majority country,...
Amidst turmoil, displacement and plunging economy, Afghanistan’s uncertain future
A crisis of incredible proportions is unfolding in Afghanistan as conflict, combined with drought and COVID-19, is pushing Afghans into a humanitarian catastrophe, the...
Afghanistan: The Failure of the Liberal Peace Model
The critics of liberal peace may have another proof that the model, "one size fits all", doesn't work in conflict-prone, failing, fragile or nondemocratic...
Much Deeper Meanings of Afghanistan
“Happy are those who know that behind all speeches are still the unspeakable lies….”-Rainer Maria Rilke, Possibility of Being
Rilke, the Dionysian poet, is generally...
What next after the Kabul blasts?
The dilly-dallying in recognising the Taliban government proved to be costly. It may prove costly because of the knee jerks of the US and...
Hedging Saudi bets: Iran looms, Israel beckons, and Taliban cause goosebumps
Prince Khalid bin Salman may not have planned it that way but the timing of his visit to Moscow last week and message to...
Judgment and Prediction: An Assessment on the Warfare in Afghanistan
Researchers at ANBOUND have previously predicted that there could be a scenario where the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Afghan government forming urban-rural confrontation....
The U.S. reaches out to Southeast Asia amid a credibility crisis
The United States, the self-proclaimed leader of world affairs for a fairly long period of time now, is going through a crisis of credibility...
Afghanistan: An American War Of Choice
Twenty years ago the Taliban were in Kabul and controlled almost all of Afghanistan. There was some semblance of order after years of civil...