The Erosion of Traditional Leverage

The Erosion of Traditional Leverage

by Abdul Waheed Waheed In this article, Afghan scholar Abdul Waheed Waheed examines how Pakistan’s traditional leverage over Afghanistan is...
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Pakistan rejects Afghanistan’s weapons smuggling allegations, demands action against militants

Pakistan rejects Afghanistan’s weapons smuggling allegations, demands action against militants

Islamabad on Sunday rejected Kabul’s allegations that it seized light and heavy weapons smuggled from Pakistan into Afghanistan, demanding the...
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Pakistan Plans to Reopen Border Trade Routes With Afghanistan After 300 Days

Pakistan Plans to Reopen Border Trade Routes With Afghanistan After 300 Days

Pakistan has reportedly decided to reopen its major border crossings and transit routes with Afghanistan after nearly 300 days of...
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Pakistan Warns UN of Growing Terror Threat From Afghanistan

Pakistan Warns UN of Growing Terror Threat From Afghanistan

Pakistan has warned the United Nations Security Council that militant groups operating from Afghanistan continue to pose a serious regional...
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Mujahid: Islamic Emirate Seeks to Ease Tensions With Pakistan

Mujahid: Islamic Emirate Seeks to Ease Tensions With Pakistan

Zabihullah Mujahid says the Islamic Emirate does not seek continued tensions with any country, particularly Pakistan, and is working to...
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Muttaqi discusses development projects with new UNDP envoy in Afghanistan

Muttaqi discusses development projects with new UNDP envoy in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met on Tuesday with Turhan Saleh, the newly appointed representative of the United Nations...
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Durable peace and stability in the region to eliminate the terrorism threat emanating from Afghanistan: Dar at SCO

Durable peace and stability in the region to eliminate the terrorism threat emanating from Afghanistan: Dar at SCO

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has linked durable peace and stability in the region to eliminating terrorism...
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Pakistan rejects Amnesty International’s call for investigation into Kabul airstrikes

Pakistan rejects Amnesty International’s call for investigation into Kabul airstrikes

Pakistan’s foreign office spokesperson on Thursday rejected Amnesty International’s call for an investigation into an Islamabad airstrike in Kabul months...
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Pakistan, Canada discuss Afghanistan, pledge closer security cooperation

Pakistan, Canada discuss Afghanistan, pledge closer security cooperation

The foreign ministers of Pakistan and Canada discussed the situation in Afghanistan and regional security during talks in Islamabad, with...
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Transit trade with Kabul hits historic low

Transit trade with Kabul hits historic low

• Falls to 11,592 containers worth $367m in FY26• Afghanistan increasingly relies on Iran, Central Asian trade routes• Reverse transit...
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The Erosion of Traditional Leverage

by Abdul Waheed Waheed In this article, Afghan scholar Abdul Waheed Waheed examines how Pakistan’s traditional leverage over Afghanistan is…

Clerics from Pakistan, Afghanistan appeal to authorities to extend pause in fighting till Eidul Azha

A group of clerics from Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday appealed to the authorities on both sides to extend the…

Afghan Studies Center

Experts Call for Renewed Dialogue, Humanitarian Easing, and Stability in Pakistan-Afghanistan Ties

Religious scholars, tribal elders, and policy experts from Pakistan and Afghanistan called for an urgent revival of dialogue, practical confidence-building…

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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…

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…

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