Afghan Taliban

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

Within Afghanistan’s borders, a witch's brew of terrorist and insurgent groups is metastasizing, and the situation is beginning to feel eerily similar to the pre-9/11 era.

Legitimizing the Taliban’s rule is not the solution to Afghanistan’s current and future problems.

The Taliban are neither demonstrably capable of weakening ISKP, nor are they willing to accept any capacity enhancing external cooperation in this regard.

Iran is arguably disappointed with the Taliban, but will Tehran take a step back from the relationship?

Far from seeing their rights as bargaining chips for aid, Afghan women live in a reality where the mounting restrictions also affect their ability to survive.

Islamabad will need to focus on the TTP and the terrorism problem rather than be diverted by provincial elections at this point.

A changing geopolitical landscape requires the U.S. to re-evaluate its South Asia policy and how it positions the region within its larger strategic calculus. 

Without revisiting its myopic Afghan policy, a new counterterrorism campaign alone will not fix Pakistan's mounting challenges with terrorism.

The TTP has called for attacks on Pakistani leaders while the Taliban in Kabul push back against Pakistani accusations of Afghanistan harboring terrorists. 

As Afghan women are being erased from society in Taliban-run Afghanistan, all Afghans will suffer.