Taliban

If Western governments and humanitarian actors abandon Afghans now, we will be condemning a whole nation to a grinding cycle of brutal poverty with unpredictable long-term consequences.

Tashkent has sought to serve as a broker between the Taliban and the world to keep Afghanistan on the global agenda.

It’s difficult to believe that the Taliban were unaware of al-Zawahiri living in a safe house in the middle of Kabul.

The Taliban promised, again, that Afghan soil would not be used to threaten the security of neighboring countries a day after five rockets landed in an Uzbek border town.

Maryam Baryalay on the political norms and values of the Afghan people.

The Taliban are beset on all sides by difficult borders, and the group’s inability to bring them under control may serve to complicate relations with regional neighbors.

Rumors of the death of Ayman al-Zawahri have persistently circulated, but a new video appears to dispel those rumors.

The reopening of universities in Afghanistan may not be the good news it seems on the surface.

Ghor can be viewed as a microcosm of the layered complexity of Afghanistan.

What were the major developments and events that drove geopolitical trends in Asia in 2021?

The Taliban are well-practiced at taking and using hostages. Now it’s a nation held hostage.

Since taking power in August 2021, the Taliban have been on a PR blitz to re-brand for international audiences.