Why Engagement With the Taliban Will Fail
The eighth Moscow Format meeting was meant to demonstrate regional cooperation. Instead, it exposed the one disagreement that cannot be…
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The Price of Protecting Militants in Afghanistan
The growing confrontation between Pakistan and Afghanistan raises an uncomfortable question. Why would a government risk military escalation with a…
Taliban Rule and the Return of Afghanistan’s Security Problem
Russia’s relationship with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan contains a contradiction that is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. In July 2025, Moscow became…
Zabihullah Mujahid’s Warning and the Reality of Militancy in Afghanistan
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid’s latest interview with Al Arabiya English has added another layer of tension to already strained Pakistan-Afghanistan…
The Terror Threat from Afghanistan
Five years after returning to power, the Taliban continue to insist that Afghan territory will not be allowed to threaten…
Internal Rift Among the Taliban
For years, the Taliban have tried to present themselves as a movement bound by obedience, ideological discipline and an unquestioned…
Taliban Regime’s Five-Year War on Journalism
Despite the Taliban’ return to power, Afghanistan’s media space is not the multifaceted public sphere it had become in the…
Afghanistan’s Information Prison
Five years after the Taliban returned to power in Kabul, the crisis facing Afghan journalism is no longer simply about…
The Taliban’s Claims of Unity Are Cracking
The Taliban has spent years presenting itself as a disciplined, unified, and corruption-free movement capable of governing Afghanistan without political…
Taliban’s General Amnesty Was a Deception
The killing of former Afghan Republic-era official Abdullah Rahimi in Ghor province is not merely another unresolved murder in a…