By Dr. Hosai Qasmi

As we approach commemorating International Women’s Day, it's a sobering reality that Afghan women and girls continue to endure the misogyny perpetuated by the brutally oppressive regime of the Taliban, coupled with a sense of abandonment by...

By Dr. Michael Rubin

Humanitarian aid isn’t preventing starvation or hardship, but it is propping up the regime.

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan - On August 31,  2021, President  Joe Biden took to a podium at the White House to announce  th...

Ezzatollah Zarghami, the Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism for the Islamic Republic of Iran, extends his message on the occasion of the Night of Herat event, delivered by Dr. Maryam Jalali, Deputy of Handicrafts in the ministry.

‏In the name of...

By General Asad Durrani

Afghan Institute of Strategic Studies (AISS) was founded two decades back under the aegis of the then President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai. Herat Security Dialogue is its flagship annual event participated by some well known Af...

By Mohammad Noman Baber 

The 20th century was marked by a period of profound global transformation, with significant changes in the political, social, economic, and human rights spheres. Afghanistan, despit...