Learn from Afghan peace-talk mistakes: Zalmay Khalilzad is not the solution
2021-10-19
By Dr. Davood Moradian
Afghan leaders largely greeted the collapse last month of President Trump’s Camp David summit with the Taliban with relief. While Russia, Pakistan and Iran have all been supportive of talks with the Taliban, many Afghans refuse to forgive the Taliban for its targeting of civilians, its misogyny and its violence toward other ethnic and sectarian groups. The Indian government
Five people from Afghanistan who shaped Middle Eastern history
2021-09-20
By Nadda Osman
From Rumi to the Safavid Shah Abbas, the country has brought forth warriors, poets and ascetics who went on to define the history of the wider region
The region that now makes up modern-day Afghanistan has long been a crossroads of civilisation, connecting cultures in Central Asia, East Asia, the Middle East and South Asia.
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China, Afghanistan, and the Belt and Road Initiative: Diplomacy and Reality
2021-09-15
By Magnus Marsden
China will face a number of difficulties in implementing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Afghanistan.
A series of diplomatic statements by China has indicated a “cautious alliance” between the country and the Taliban. On their part,
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Afghanistan’s Money Exchangers Are the Economy’s Last Best Hope
2021-09-07
By Nafay Choudhury
Taliban forces entered the Afghan capital at 3 p.m. on Aug. 15. By 5:30 p.m., the group had already secured the country
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Threat of Daesh and Unfolding Afghan Catastrophe
2021-08-19
The speech of the Director-General of the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) at the UN Security Council regular session on "Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts" on the situation in Afghanistan (19 August 2021, New York-UN)
It is a great honour for me to have the opportunity to share with this august forum my perspective on the
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