Development Protecting the Hazara People of Afghanistan is a Moral… Alice Hickson Jan 6, 2022 Following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in September, more than 2,800 Hazara Shiites were forcibly evicted…
Foreign Policy India Should Become The United States Premier South… Kimia Hashemi-Nejad Nov 10, 2021 For years, CIA officials tried to confront Pakistani intelligence officials about their assistance to the Taliban.…
Government & Politics An Interim Government Could Cause Chaos in Afghanistan Ghulam Farooq Mujaddidi Apr 5, 2021 Speculation over the formation of an interim administration with a new political roadmap for Afghanistan is nothing…
Defense & Security With the U.S.-Taliban Deal in place, IS-K seeks to build… Ahmad Shah Katawazai Aug 7, 2020 Last Sunday evening, a large prison in eastern Afghanistan was stormed by IS-K militants resulting in dozens of…
Foreign Policy Does the U.S.-Taliban Deal Devalue American Sacrifices… Iqbal Dawari Apr 21, 2020 Long-deferred political efforts to put an end to the protracted war in Afghanistan gained new life in 2018. The…
Foreign Policy Is India’s Influence in Afghanistan Declining? Pranay Kumar Shome Aug 8, 2019 Following the conclusion of the eighth round of peace talks between the U.S. and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, a…
Defense & Security Frenemies: Prospects and Challenges for the Military… Tamim Asey Jul 2, 2019 With a potential peace settlement on the horizon, much will depend on the prospects and challenges for the…
Defense & Security The Taliban Peace Calculus Tamim Asey Jun 5, 2019 For the Taliban, the ongoing peace talks are a quest for political legitimacy and a political tactic—not a…
Development The Price of Inequality: The Dangerous Rural-Urban… Tamim Asey Mar 5, 2019 In Afghanistan, coups and regime changes are often initiated from the mountainous countryside by…
Defense & Security Give Ordinary Afghans a Voice in Any Peace Deal With the… Kambaiz Rafi Feb 27, 2019 Recent negotiations between the U.S. peace envoy Zalmai Khalilzad and the Taliban’s newly appointed political chief…
Defense & Security Negotiating With Extremists Threatens Pakistan’s… Mikail Shaikh Feb 26, 2019 Negotiating with extremist groups—militant or otherwise—undermines the state's sovereignty and security. In…
Government & Politics The Twin Goals of Peace and Elections in Afghanistan Qaseem Ludin Feb 19, 2019 What will it take to reach a peace settlement? More than anything, Afghanistan needs national leadership. The…