Analysis
Trapped by the War on Terror – Dr Raymond Lau
This powerful chapter critically explores how the global “War on Terror” has reshaped international politics, securitized migration, an...
India and the Taliban: Time to Engage with Afghanistan’s Reality
By Irfan Yar
India and Afghanistan: A Moment for Strategic Clarity
The phone call between India’s External Affairs Minister and t...
Deporting Afghan refugees Won’t Make Pakistan Safer—It Will Make It Weaker
By Irfan Yar
For decades, Pakistan served as a reluctant but enduring sanctuary for Afghans fleeing war, repression, and foreign occ...
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...
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...
Realpolitik in Afghanistan: Way forward for India
Authors: Bhargava Reddy & Vinay N Bhushan
In August, the internationally recognized Afghan government – the Islamic Republic of ...
Reinforcing Justice: The UN Human Rights Council’s Role in Addressing Afghanistan’s Human Rights Violations
By Cara Rau
The recent deliberations of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) on the human rights situation in Afghanistan r...
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...
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...
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...