Russia has hinted at involving the United States in a newly-launched regional dialogue Moscow says is aimed at seeking a negotiated settlement to the conflict in Afghanistan. The...
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Cases of Violence Against Women Remain Unabated
The issue of violence against women in Afghanistan remains alarming as thousands of women become the victim of some sort of violence each year in the country. The Prosecution...
Pakistan Still Central to US Afghan Strategy
US President Donald Trump has been in office for almost two months yet he has not announced any policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Given his unpredictable nature and unorthodox...
A Success Story Marred by Ghost Numbers: Afghanistan’s Inconsistent Education Statistics
For years, the Afghan government and donors have cited the growing number of children going to school in Afghanistan as an important post-Taleban success, despite closer scrutiny...
Women’s Day – Meaningless for Afghan Women
The 8th of March was celebrated as International Women’s Day across the world, but does it matter for Afghan women? The rights of women have been a controversial issue and Afghan...
The Leahy Law and Human Rights Accountability in Afghanistan: Too little, too late or a model for the future?
The Leahy Amendment, or Leahy law, is a little known piece of United States legislation that bans US assistance to units of foreign security forces where there is credible...
Chinese Troops Appear To Be Operating In Afghanistan, and The Pentagon Is OK With It
There is mounting evidence that Chinese ground troops are operating inside Afghanistan, conducting joint counter-terror patrols with Afghan forces along a 50-mile stretch of...
Regional Integration
The high-profile summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) ended in Islamabad last week with a pledge to intensify efforts to explore vast trade potential among the...
Drone Warfare: Targeted Killings – a future model for Afghanistan?
Armed drones came of age, by chance, at the onset of the United State’s ‘war on terror’. Washington has used them ever since to provide close air support to troops on the...
Are Chinese Forces Conducting Patrols in Afghanistan?
Earlier this month, Franz J. Marty, over at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, wrote that “overwhelming evidence,” including “photographs, an eyewitness account and several...
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