While the Afghan society is caught in the political crisis, one implication less discussed is the economic collapse of the Afghan economy and the subsequent spillover of the political turmoil in Afghanistan on the Pakistan’s economy and pursuits of regional connectivity. Afghanistan’s…
For details, visit: IPRI Update August 2021
President Joe Biden said in April 2021 that by September of this year the U.S. military will depart from Afghanistan. Security on bases and outposts of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces were stepped up as the Taliban continued to seize…
Afghanistan sits at the crossroads of all energy, trade and transit corridors in an era of geo-economics
Afghans are witnessing a déjà vu. History is repeating itself. The country is once again exploding, and this time despite a relatively peaceful change of guard.…
Many on the front line of the Taliban offensive grew up in post-Taliban Afghanistan Americans misread the Taliban’s power, assuming it had diminished as had Al-Qaeda’s
ISLAMABAD: As Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul on Aug. 15 for an undisclosed destination, armed…
The multiple suicide attacks at the Kabul airport on August 26, killing over 170 people, including 13 American soldiers, and injuring over 200, are stark reminders that the Afghan capital remains vulnerable despite the Taliban's control of the city. They also warn…
A scrimmage in a border town A canter down some dark defile Two thousand pounds of education Drops to a ten Rupee Jezail
(Rudyard Kipling)
Afghans have done what Afghans do best - fight to the bitter end and celebrate it as…
According to Maheen Ahmed, a Research Associate at IPRI, Pakistan has done a lot for Afghanistan and the US, yet there are campaigns falsely accusing Pakistan of not doing enough and derailing the Afghan peace process by supporting the Taliban. However, it…
Dr. Moonis Ahmar, Meritorious Professor of International Relations and former Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Karachi. 25 August 2021
As the dust is settling down following the fall of Kabul and takeover of Afghanistan by Taliban, it is time…