January 11, 2016, Peshawar: The latest episode of Sabawoon[i], a flagship radio program of Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), focused on women’s empowerment and...
Mustafa Malik
Cure or curse: Our perpetual dependence on the IMF
The latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan programme for Pakistan concluded in September 2016. It was deemed a success: the country’s economy is doing reasonably well...
World powers jostle in Afghanistan’s new ‘Great Game’
Afghanistan's strategic landscape is changing as regional powers forge links with the Taliban and vie to outdo each other in what's being seen as a new "Great Game". Fifteen...
Risks to Afghanistan
On January 11, 2017, Special Inspector General John F. Sopko unveiled SIGAR’s updated High-Risk List in a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). As...
Exchange of Parliamentarians between Afghanistan and Pakistan Critical to Improve Ties, Agha Siraj Durrani
The exchange of parliamentarians would be an excellent initiative to improve the bilateral relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The speaker of Sindh Assembly, Agha Siraj...
Sabawoon Showcase: Regional Review of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)
January 10, 2017, Peshawar: The latest episode of Sabawoon[i], flagship radio program of the Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) was presented under the theme of Da...
Time to Stop Meddling In Afghanistan
External powers need to involve Afghanistan in discussions, rather than interfering in the country’s affairs from afar. On December 27, 1979 Russian forces invaded Afghanistan...
Surge of Migration Makes Hunger Crisis Worse in Afghanistan
More than 9 million people in Afghanistan are in need of humanitarian assistance in 2017. The number of people facing hunger is of particular concern, the U.N. has warned. Some...
The Battle Between Law And Force: Scattered Political Power and Deteriorating Security Test Herat’s Dynamism
Herat – the affluent and vibrant city in western Afghanistan – is going through a ‘scattering’ of political power and a deterioration in security. While Ismail Khan, the...
A New Beginning in Sight?
Following the telephonic conversation between the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, commander of the US-led Resolute Support...
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