Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has urged the international community to engage with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) stating “the Taliban is a reality.” Speaking to reporters in New York after his visit to the United States, Lavrov said: “We assume that the Taliban is a reality. Talks with them on the ground are necessary.” He said however that […]

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guiterres has appointed former Turkish Ambassador Feridun Sinirlioglu as his special coordinator to provide an independent assessment of how to deal with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) in Afghanistan. The Security Council asked Antonio Guterres in March to conduct and provide forward-looking recommendations for an integrated and coherent approach among relevant political, humanitarian, and […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) have killed a Daesh militant who was the “mastermind” behind a suicide attack at Kabul’s international airport in 2021 that killed 13 U.S. troops and scores of civilians during the United States’ chaotic evacuation from the country, Reuters cited US officials as saying. The bombing occurred on Aug. 26, 2021, as U.S. troops were […]

Taliban has denied the media report citing “classified Pentagon assessment” stating that Afghanistan has become a significant coordinate site for the Daesh/ISIS group that plans attacks in Europe and Asia and carries out “aspirational plotting” against the US, TOLO News reported. The head of the Taliban-led Qatar-based Political Office Suhail Shaheen refuted the report. He said that Daesh has been […]

For decades, different domestic groups and foreign powers have been involved in Afghanistan’s conflict/war during the last four decades. The main argument of this work is to analyse how war has impacted agriculture leading to the food insecurity. The same has created ripple impacts on development turning the country into the trap of abject poverty along with its side-effects on […]

The report said that the planned attacks included embassies, churches, business centers and even the World Cup in Qatar last summer Afghanistan became an important coordination site for the Islamic State to plan attacks across Europe and Asia, the leaked classified Pentagon documents revealed. According to the materials obtained by the Washington Post from the Discord messaging platform where the […]

United States Counterinsurgency Operations (COIN) in Afghanistan and Iraq were significantly hampered by the haphazard manner in which the United States military deploys units to combat zones. Replacement in Place/Transfer of Authority (RIP/TOA) is the process of the outgoing military unit in a respective Area of Operations (AO) transferring the authority and responsibility of that AO to the incoming military […]

On April 13, Samarkand hosted the fourth ministerial conference of Afghan neighbouring countries which included Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took part in the event. The Neighbouring Countries of Afghanistan mechanism was established in 2021 on Pakistan’s initiative with a view to evolving a regional approach on situation in Afghanistan. Pakistan hosted […]

The Taliban’s relationship with Afghanistan’s neighbors received a lot of attention on the international stagein the past week. A high-level meeting between the foreign ministers of Russia, China, Pakistan, and Iran, along with their de facto Taliban counterpart, took place in the Uzbek city of Samarkand. A readout from the meeting highlighted concerns that several terrorist groups in Afghanistan “continue […]