By Prof. Magnus Marsden

For many viewers in the West, the horrific scenes at Kabul airport in August 2021 appeared to suggest that after a brief period of international intervention, Afghanistan had once again resume...

By Martin J. Bayly

In light of the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, Afghanistan is back in the news, and Afghanistan expertise is back in fashion. In this Long Read, Martin J. Bayly explores the imperial histories that...

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 refus...

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 mo...

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