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How Afghanistan’s Money Exchangers Have Worked Around the Taliban

  Monday, December 19, 2022

Dr. Nafay Choudhury 

A year after the Taliban took power, Afghanistan’s money exchangers are being squeezed by economic turmoil and harsh rules implemented by the new regime. But while their market has certainly seen better days, the 400 exchangers hustling i...

Knowledge, attitudes, practice of people toward the COVID-19 pandemics, and its impact in Afghanistan

  Friday, November 18, 2022

By Khwaja Mir Islam Saeed, Narges Neyazi and Khushal Nabizada

COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the social and economic norms. Knowledge, Attitude and Practices studies are used to address the information gap for further strategic decision making to control the...

The Lionesses of Kabul & Tehran in Khorasan

  Friday, October 21, 2022

By Dr. Davood Moradian

Just days after the Taliban’s occupation of Herat in August last year, a group of Herati women gathered outside the governor’s off...

Why Did Secretary Austin Receive Pakistan's Military Leader With Full Honors?

  Thursday, October 06, 2022

By Dr. Michael Rubin

Earlier today, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, chief of staff of the Pakistani Army, visited the Pentagon. Secretaries of defense regularly receive senior foreign defense officials, but not every visit is the same. When Ben Wallace, the United Kingdom...

Why Do People in Afghanistan Object to Taliban Rule?

  Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Co-Authored By Zalmai Nishat

When the Taliban first seized power of Afghanistan in the 1990s, there was a mass exodus from the country while among those who stayed...