Why Afghanistan Faces a Renewed Polio Threat

Why Afghanistan Faces a Renewed Polio Threat

By Shahana Naseer / October 7, 2024
By Shahana Naseer Afghanistan, one of two countries where the poliovirus still exists, faces a significant health crisis due to...
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Afghan Girls’ Education: Caught Between Oppression and Poverty

Afghan Girls’ Education: Caught Between Oppression and Poverty

By Shahana Naseer / October 2, 2024
By Elsa Imdad Afghan girls remain trapped in a devastating cycle of oppression and poverty, as the Taliban's restrictive policies...
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Afghanistan’s Climate Vulnerability: A Grave Danger Beyond Conflict

Afghanistan’s Climate Vulnerability: A Grave Danger Beyond Conflict

By Shahana Naseer / September 21, 2024
By Elsa Imdad Afghanistan, often associated with conflict and political instability, is facing a different yet equally devastating crisis: its...
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Turbulent Waters I Steering Pak-Afghan Water Diplomacy

Turbulent Waters I Steering Pak-Afghan Water Diplomacy

By Shahana Naseer / September 18, 2024
PREAMBLEWater is a critical and increasingly scarce resource in the South Asian region, and for Pakistan and Afghanistan, effective water...
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Explainer: Current Dynamics in Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations

Explainer: Current Dynamics in Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations

By Shahana Naseer / September 12, 2024
By Elsa Imdad Introduction The bilateral relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan is characterized by a complex interplay of security concerns,...
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From TTP to Kharijites: Enduring Legacy of Extremist Ideologies in the Islamic World.

From TTP to Kharijites: Enduring Legacy of Extremist Ideologies in the Islamic World.

By Shahana Naseer / September 12, 2024
By Gul Wareen The branding of TTP as modern Khawarij reflects Pakistan’s broader counterterrorismstrategy: ideologically deligitimizing the “mischief making group”...
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A Costly Exit: Unpacking Strategic Failures of the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan

A Costly Exit: Unpacking Strategic Failures of the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan

By Shahana Naseer / September 11, 2024
BY Elsa Imdad The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, marred by strategic failures and hasty decisions, left bothAmerican credibility and Afghanistan...
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Return of the Taliban: Rude Awakening for Pakistan?

Return of the Taliban: Rude Awakening for Pakistan?

By Shahana Naseer / September 9, 2024
How has Pakistan's relationship with Afghanistan changed since the Taliban's return? What role does the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) play in...
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50th OIC Session: Global Dilemma of Engaging Taliban Amid Women’s Rights Suppression

50th OIC Session: Global Dilemma of Engaging Taliban Amid Women’s Rights Suppression

By Shahana Naseer / September 9, 2024
BY Gul Wareen The OIC's recent meeting highlighted a pivotal challenge: balancing the necessity of political engagement with the Taliban...
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Climate Action, Gender Justice and Youth: An Intersectional Analysis

Climate Action, Gender Justice and Youth: An Intersectional Analysis

By Shahana Naseer / September 3, 2024
Climate change and gender-based violence (GBV) are two of the most critical challenges our world faces today. But what happens...
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Eminent Pak-Afghan Ulema Voice Support for Girls Education in Afghanistan

The return of the Taliban in Afghanistan meant that the nature of relevant stakeholders in the region had changed, and…

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AFGHANISTAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY UNHAPPY WITH PAKISTAN

In this interview with Matrix Media, veteran economist Haroon Sharif sheds light on what lies behind the Afghans’ (especially the…

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Girls’ Education: The Major Unfulfilled Commitment

Depriving Afghan girls of education was one of the Taliban regime’s systematic and devastating abuses against women, which has been…

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Pursuing Doha Agreement Must for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan

Islamabad, Sept. 21, 2022: The need for Taliban’s compliance with Doha Agreement – as a mitigation against denial of their international…

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Global sanctions – a chilling effect on Afghan infrastructure

Afghanistan has a deteriorating economy along with a hotchpotch of multifaceted perils. Food is available in Kabul marketplaces, but few…

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