11
Apr
History is reiterating itself: The Taliban must learn from its past
By Sidiqullah Sahel
It is believed that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. The proverb best fits the curre...
ISK
08
Mar
The Death of Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani: Implications for Extremism and Regional Security
By Irfan Yar
Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani, a prominent Pakistani cleric and administrator of Darul Uloom Haqqania, was assassinated in a tar...
21
Feb
Why the Islamic State Khorasan and the Taliban are at War
By Sumit Mishra
On 27th August 2021, merely twelve days after the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban, a fedayee (suicide bomber) belon...
21
Feb
Realpolitik in Afghanistan: Way forward for India
Authors: Bhargava Reddy & Vinay N Bhushan
In August, the internationally recognized Afghan government – the Islamic Republic of ...
31
Dec
How the Taliban Mobilized Popular Support to Survive the United States War in Afghanistan
A Research Paper by Irfan Yar
Abstract
After fighting for nearly two decades and investing an enormous amount of blood and treasu...
21
Nov
The Fallacy of Liberal Interventionism: Afghanistan
By: Aulia Shifa Hamida
President Joe Biden’s defiant speech– in which he conceded that the U.S. presence in Afghanistan was never su...
11
Mar
The ‘Father of the Taliban’ Is Dead. What Does That Mean for the Afghan Peace Process?
How will Maulana Sami-ul-Haq’s murder impact the Afghan peace process?
By Irfan Yar November 08, 2018 (originally published in ...