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The UN’s Capitulation to the Taliban

  Friday, July 05, 2024

By Dr. Davood Moradian

For decades, the United Nations has failed Afghanistan.

In Afghanistan’s crowded scene of actors and accomplices, the United Nations has been an enduring and prominent presence. However, it h...

The Taliban’s Third Act

  Thursday, June 20, 2024

By Dr. Davood Moradian

Since their emergence out of Afghanistan’s civil war in the 1990s, the Taliban have occupied a significant place in Afghan, regional and global politics. The February 2020 peace agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban paved the way for th...

Khorasan: why many Afghanistan citizens are pushing back against the term’s association with terrorism

  Monday, June 17, 2024

By Magnus Marsden

Gunmen attacked Moscow’s Crocus City...

Modi’s Re-election: A Chance to Revitalize Afghanistan-India Relations

  Monday, June 10, 2024

By Sadiq Amini

These days, Afghan democrats need a champion, and India, under Modi’s leadership, could be that champion – if New Delhi can correct course on its Afghanistan policy.

For centuries, and particularly over the last two decades, Ind...

Addressing a Human Rights and Looming Terrorism Crisis in Afghanistan

  Thursday, May 23, 2024

By Lisa Curtis and Annie Pforzheimer

Executive Summary

Pursuing the same harsh policies as it did during its previous stint in power in the 1990s, the Taliban has increasingly clamped down on the rights of women and girls since...