Afghanistan

Akhundzada said that under Taliban rule, concrete measures have been taken to save women from traditional oppressions like forced marriages.

Frequent vacillations from hope to pessimism continue to characterize Russian policy toward Afghanistan.

Insights from Claudia Chia. 

The report said that power has shifted from Kabul to Kandahar, where the group’s supreme leader is based.

A judge last week ruled that the decorated Australian veteran committed a host of war crimes while deployed in Afghanistan.

Both the Taliban and Iran have made gestures aimed at lowering border tensions, but each still blames the other for recent clashes.

A new joint committee on border movement aims to address the problem of cross-border attacks.

Neighboring Iran has seen around 100 similar poison attacks targeting schoolgirls, but this is the first time one has been reported in Afghanistan.

The two countries, faced with sanctions and political isolation, are not completely isolated from global networks.

A more inclusive opposition front would reflect the aspirations and values of the Afghan people.

Kabul and Tehran have conflicting claims over the Helmand river’s water, but other mutual interests bind the two sides together despite this point of contention.