The implementation of the Iran nuclear deal should not be affected by any changes in the domestic situations of countries involved in the agreement, China's foreign minister...
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Afghanistan: Survey Finds Levels of Fear at Their Highest
Findings of Asia Foundation's 12th annual Survey of the Afghan People were released Wednesday in Kabul and found the downward trajectory in national mood, which began in 2013,...
Sabawoon Showcase: Status of Polio Infected Persons and Government’s Plans to Erdicate Polio Virus
The latest episode of Sabawoon, flagship radio program of Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), focused on the status of people infected with polio in Khyber...
Heart of Asia Realignments: India-Afghanistan In Open Courtship As Russia Falls By Wayside
In diplomacy, the subtext is often as important as the text. As the sixth edition of the annual Heart of Asia Conference came to a close on Sunday, between the comments and...
Ghani’s Still Pakistan’s Best Bet
‘Afghanistan is more than the “graveyard of empires.”’ Maureen Dowd once said, ‘It’s the mother of vicious circles.’ While Ms Dowd fails to point out her country’s complicity in...
Afghanistan Will Be the Trump Administration’s First Foreign Policy Crisis
Many hotspots and geopolitical adversaries are constantly in the news and likely at the forefront of the foreign policy issues President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is...
Youth Alone Can Sway the Hope
In the past 35-year-old war, the largest victims who were killed, maimed or traumatized in Afghanistan are mostly young people. Yet, the Afghanistan’s population remains the...
Indian Jingoism
The Indo-Pak relationship touched a new low with the inflammatory and accusatory statements by the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. In...
Kabul, Taliban Likely to Restart Peace Talks
Diplomatic efforts are under way amidst strong indications of imminent start of peace negotiations between Kabul and the Afghan Taliban, The Express Tribune has learnt....
Pak-Afghan Ties
AFGHAN President Ashraf Ghani has become a harsh critic of Pakistan — harsh to the point of outdoing Indian hawks and, seemingly, undermining his own country’s interests. At the...
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