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...
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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 ...
23
Oct
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...
16
Aug
Wagner’s Grip: How Russia’s Private Army Exploits CAR’s Resources and Fuels Conflict
By Cara Rau
In the turbulent socio-political landscape of the Central African Republic (CAR), the Wagner Group—a private military co...
21
Feb
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...
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...
12
Aug
“Melian Strategy” Why did the Taliban fight and negotiate at the same time?
By Irfan Yar As the US completes its troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban has seized the security vacuum to launch massive...