CM makes pitch for K-P role in talks with Kabul

CM makes pitch for K-P role in talks with Kabul

By Shahana Naseer / June 4, 2025
PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur has demanded that the K-P government be made a part of peace...
Read More
Senior Daesh Figure Captured in Joint Pak-Turkish Intelligence Operation Near Afghan Border

Senior Daesh Figure Captured in Joint Pak-Turkish Intelligence Operation Near Afghan Border

By Shahana Naseer / June 3, 2025
Terrorist Extradited to Türkiye After Cross-Border Counterterrorism Success In a significant counterterrorism breakthrough, Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Türkiye’s National...
Read More
Over 5M Refugees Return as Deportations Rise, Aid Declines

Over 5M Refugees Return as Deportations Rise, Aid Declines

By Shahana Naseer / June 2, 2025
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation reported that since the return of the Islamic Emirate to power in Afghanistan, more...
Read More
Funding Cuts Threaten Women’s Rights in Humanitarian Crisis: What We Risk Losing and How to Respond

Funding Cuts Threaten Women’s Rights in Humanitarian Crisis: What We Risk Losing and How to Respond

By Shahana Naseer / May 23, 2025
UN Women research warns that half of the women-led and women’s rights organizations operating in crisis zones could close within...
Read More
Pakistan, China agree to extend CPEC into Afghanistan

Pakistan, China agree to extend CPEC into Afghanistan

By Shahana Naseer / May 22, 2025
Pakistan, China and Afghanistan have agreed to extend the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) into Afghan territory, marking a significant step...
Read More
Afghanistan-Pakistan trade up 23% in April

Afghanistan-Pakistan trade up 23% in April

By Shahana Naseer / May 19, 2025
Afghanistan-Pakistan trade rose by 23% in April, reaching $119 million, driven by increased imports and exports despite regional tensions. Trade...
Read More
Afghan Deportations  (Situational Update April – May 2025)

Afghan Deportations  (Situational Update April – May 2025)

By Shahana Naseer / May 16, 2025
By Elsa Imdad In April 2025 alone, approximately 144,000 Afghans returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan, including nearly 30,000 who were...
Read More
Pakistani Envoy Visits Torkham to Boost Trade and Ease Movement

Pakistani Envoy Visits Torkham to Boost Trade and Ease Movement

By Shahana Naseer / May 14, 2025
Pakistan's Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq held talks with officials at the Torkham town to promote trade activities and...
Read More
Kabul assures Islamabad of peaceful border

Kabul assures Islamabad of peaceful border

By Shahana Naseer / May 12, 2025
KABUL: In the ongoing tension between Islamabad and Dehli, Pakistan's special envoy for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq Khan was successful in...
Read More
UNAMA Details Afghanistan 2025 Struggles for Women, Media, and Minorities

UNAMA Details Afghanistan 2025 Struggles for Women, Media, and Minorities

By Shahana Naseer / May 9, 2025
By SHAHANA NASEER The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has released its Human Rights Report for the first...
Read More

Read More
Workshops
Read More
Youth Dialogues
Read More
Research/Analysis
Read More

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…

Afghan Studies Center

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…

Afghan Studies Center

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…

Afghan Studies Center

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…

Afghan Studies Center

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…

Afghan Studies Center