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Afghanistan’s Next Failure: The Return of Gatekeeper Politics

By Ahmad S. Bakhshi Recognition rarely arrives with a ceremony. It arrives with a shrug — another technical meeting, a small protocol courtesy, a photo that travels farther than the disclaimer attached to it. Afghanistan is entering the phase where that shrug becomes policy. Russia’s formal recognition of the Taliban...

January 10, 2026

The Weight of Silence

December 26, 2025

Afghanistan’s Neighbors on High Alert Over Growing Cross-Border Threats

December 12, 2025

The Taliban’s Double Game

Former Afghan Police Chief General Ikramuddin Saree Shot Dead in Tehran, Sources Confirm

UN’s Bennett Urges Release of Female Journalist and Taekwondo Coach Detained by Taliban

Afghanistan’s Neighbors on High Alert Over Growing Cross-Border Threats

Russian President Accepts Credentials of Taliban-Appointed Ambassador to Moscow

The Taliban’s Double Game

Afghan and Pakistani Traders Form Committee to Reopen Borders After Months of Halted Trade

More than 3,200 Afghan Migrants Return in One Day After Deportations from Pakistan and Iran

Taliban Condemn Pakistan Army Remarks on Afghanistan as ‘Irresponsible and Provocative’

News

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Gas Cylinder Blast Kills Two Women, Injures Children in Eastern Afghanistan

Two women were killed and two children injured when a gas cylinder exploded inside a house in Spin Ghar district of eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on Tuesday night, Taliban authorities said.

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UK Special Envoy Meets Taliban Ambassador in Pakistan Amid Ongoing Restrictions on Afghan Women

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Foreign Governments Condemn Deadly Attack on Chinese Restaurant in Kabul

21 hours ago

Taliban Publicly Flog 19 People in Eastern and Northern Afghanistan

23 hours ago

China Urges Taliban to Identify and Punish Attackers After Deadly Blast at Chinese Restaurant in Kabul

Opinion

December 2, 2025

Afghan Children: The Silent Victims of Taliban Extremism

November 10, 2025

The End of Pakistan’s Strategic Depth Doctrine or the Start of Something Worse?

October 28, 2025

How Daricha’s Underground Schools Defy the Taliban

September 28, 2025

Afghanistan Offline: How Taliban’s Internet Blackout Fuels Authoritarian Rule

Women

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Gas Cylinder Blast Kills Two Women, Injures Children in Eastern Afghanistan

January 20, 2026

UN Experts Push for Codifying Taliban Gender Discrimination as Crime Against Humanity

January 17, 2026

Pakistani Police Detain Afghan Women’s Rights Activist in Islamabad

Special Reports

December 26, 2025

Afghanistan’s Neighbors on High Alert Over Growing Cross-Border Threats

Following the collapse of the Islamic Republic government and the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, the regional security dynamics underwent a fundamental transformation. Although the Taliban, from the earliest days of their renewed rule, sought...

December 12, 2025

The Taliban’s Double Game

After the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in August 2021, China became the first country to upgrade its diplomatic relations with the Taliban to the ambassadorial level and made significant efforts to present itself internationally as a supporter of the Taliban.

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December 4, 2025

The Green Hell of Indonesia: Mental Health Crisis and Suicides Among Trapped Refugees from Afghanistan

At just 18 years old, Fereshteh Karbalaei has watched the promise of a safe future disintegrate into weariness. She describes the situation for her community as having "turned into deep fatigue and despair," a mental state so profound that many refugees have lost the courage to even have a dream and feel they have no value left in the world.

November 27, 2025

Humanitarian Aid as a Tool of Rule

International aid plays a vital role in supporting vulnerable communities during humanitarian crises. However, in countries where parts of the territory are controlled by terrorist groups, or in situations like Afghanistan, where the ruling regime is the result of a terrorist group seizing power, such aid is highly susceptible to diversion and abuse.

November 10, 2024

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