The ring, the signature, and the silence
How Afghan girls barred from school by the Taliban are being defrauded by fake online programs — and blamed by officials for trying to study at all By Dr Muhammad…
Afghan instability has frozen Pakistan’s regional trade smbitions, says Islamabad’s envoy to Moscow
Pakistan’s ambitions to open new overland trade routes through Afghanistan into Central Asia and Iran have quietly stalled, according to Islamabad’s ambassador to Russia — who says the reason is…
ANALYSIS: a ghost reappears — what the new Hamza bin Laden video really tells us about Al-Qaeda in 2026
By Dr Muhammad Shahid Every September, as the anniversary of 9/11 approaches, intelligence analysts brace for a predictable ritual: As-Sahab, al-Qaeda’s media production arm, releases something timed to remind the…
AUF chief Gen Sami Sadat calls for renewed Int’l attention on Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s United Front leader, Gen Sami Sadat, has called on the US and the international community not to forget Afghanistan, warning that the security situation in the country remains a…
UN rights chief warns world has forgotten Afghanistan, urges pressure on Taliban
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has warned that the international community appears to be losing focus on Afghanistan, urging countries to renew pressure on the Taliban to…
NRF claims attack on Taliban outpost in Badakhshan
The National Resistance Front (NRF) has reported an attack on a Taliban outpost in the Danesh Abad area of Yaftal Payan district in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province. In a statement, the…
Taliban’s apparent unity masks a network of factions and commanders
The Taliban, despite presenting itself as a completely cohesive organization operating under a unified command, is in practice made up of various factions, commanders and political-military networks, according to an…
Anti-Taliban fronts report attacks on Taliban forces in Kapisa and Kandahar
The Freedom Front of Afghanistan has claimed that three Taliban fighters were killed and two members of the group were wounded in an attack targeting a Taliban outpost in Tagab…
Today, the world remembers 9/11 but Pakistan never got the chance to forget
By Dr Muhammad Shahid Every September, the world pauses to remember the smoke over Manhattan, the grief that gripped American cities, the moment the twenty-first century seemed to begin in…
Taliban reportedly detain 10 female online vendors in west Kabul
Taliban forces have reportedly arrested at least 10 female online vendors from a residential unit in west Kabul, according to sources familiar with the incident. The arrests are said to…