Opinions
Learn from Afghan peace-talk mistakes: Zalmay Khalilzad is not the solution
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...
Five people from Afghanistan who shaped Middle Eastern history
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...
Afghanistan’s Money Exchangers Are the Economy’s Last Best Hope
By Nafay Choudhury
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Threat of Daesh and Unfolding Afghan Catastrophe
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 Yo...