The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is a militant group that has been active in Pakistan for several years. The group has been responsible for numerous acts of terrorism and violence, including attacks on civilians, military personnel, and government installations. TTP poses a significant threat to Pakistan due to its ability to carry out violent attacks and destabilize the country. The group […]

Key Points More than a year and a half on from its seizure of power, it is clear the Taliban regime rejects the idea of a pluralist political order and seems determined to impose the same restrictive social policies as were implemented in 1996-2001. As actions intended to isolate and punish the Taliban, the international community’s sanctions have been a […]

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CST) said that its 37th meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan was held on Thursday. The event was attended by delegations from the organization’s member states, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General S. I. Ordabaev, Charge d’Affaires of Afghanistan in the Russian Federation, representatives of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central […]

The U.S. Secretary of State met on Thursday with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Washington ahead of the Doha meeting on Afghanistan. At the meeting, Antony Blinken said that they will closely discuss the situation in Afghanistan with the UN and will continue to express their deep concern over the ban on women’s work and education. “We’re also working […]

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 […]