![]()
Fragile Hopes Amid Enduring Rifts
By Shahana Naseer
/ June 9, 2026
By Abdul Waheed Waheed Following the intense confrontations that reached their peak in early 2026, emerging unofficial contacts in Kabul...
Read More
China Urges Taliban To Reopen Schools For Girls In Afghanistan
By Shahana Naseer
/ June 9, 2026
China’s representative at the UN Security Council called on the Taliban to reopen secondary schools to girls. He said that...
Read More
Pakistan says 27 militants killed in multiple operations in restive northwest
By Shahana Naseer
/ June 8, 2026
Twenty-seven Pakistani Taliban militants were killed in multiple intelligence-based operations in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the military said on...
Read More
Pakistan, China agree to closer counterterrorism cooperation over Afghanistan militancy concerns
By Shahana Naseer
/ June 3, 2026
Pakistan’s special representative for Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadiq, said on Tuesday he had held talks with his Chinese counterpart on regional...
Read More
Strange Bedfellows: Russia’s Pragmatic Embrace of Taliban
By Elsa Imdad
/ May 22, 2026
By Elsa Imdad The Kremlin’s growing partnership with the Taliban reflects the hard strategic calculations driving a new regional order...
Read More
Codifying Control: Taliban’s Anti-Women Decrees
By Elsa Imdad
/ May 22, 2026
By Elsa Imdad A new Taliban decree on marriage and separation reinforces unequal legal rights for women, tightening restrictions around...
Read More
Pakistan says 23 militants killed in northwest intelligence-based operations
By Shahana Naseer
/ May 22, 2026
Pakistan’s military said on Thursday security forces killed 23 militants during a series of intelligence-based operations in the country’s northwestern...
Read More
Pakistan says military operation against Afghanistan-based ‘terrorist’ proxies ongoing
By Shahana Naseer
/ May 20, 2026
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that Pakistan is continuing its military operations against Afghanistan-based “terrorist” proxies with full...
Read More
Over 35 militants killed in counterterror operation in southwestern Pakistan since May 13— official
By Shahana Naseer
/ May 18, 2026
QUETTA: Over 35 militants have been killed in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in southwestern Pakistan’s Zarghoon Ghar area since May...
Read More
$46M Agreement Signed to Strengthen Afghanistan’s Quality Testing Labs
By Elsa Imdad
/ May 15, 2026
Afghanistan has signed a $46 million agreement with an Indian company, TCRC, to develop and equip quality assurance laboratories across...
Read More
![]()
