Tag: Afghanistan

Afghanistan hunger crisis intensifies as millions left without food aid

Afghanistan’s dire hunger crisis now affects 14 million people including babies fed on little more than weak tea and bread by their despairing and...

L’Europa e i talebani: dall’isolamento al dialogo?

(Shairee Malhotra, Maiwand Safi - Observer Research Foundation) Nel giugno 2026, si è verificato uno sviluppo significativo nelle relazioni tra l'Unione Europea (UE) e...

Kabul’s classrooms, rebuilt in the Taliban’s own image

(Lynne O'Donnell - Lowy The Interpreter) Let’s imagine, for a moment, that tomorrow the Taliban reopen Afghanistan’s schools and, after five years, allow girls...

Il compito più difficile per i talebani è trasformare la conquista in controllo

(Redazione/ME) Conquistare il potere in Afghanistan è stata la parte facile. Mantenerlo unito è la vera sfida per i talebani. Da quando hanno instaurato il...

Afghanistan’s exportable threat

(Muhammad Rizwan - Lowy The Intepreter) On a spring evening earlier this year, an object the size of a dinner plate flew in low...

Pakistani strikes kill dozens in Afghanistan

(BBC Pashto and BBC Urdu) Pakistan launched airstrikes and sent ground troops into Afghan provinces along its border on Sunday, killing dozens, officials say....

I Was Afghanistan’s Attorney General. Here Is What Justice Looked Like — and What Destroyed It

(Mohammad Farid Hamidi - Just Security) United Nations Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett recently noted to the U.N.’s annual Commission on the Status of Women...

In Sign Of Deepening Ties, Russia And Afghan Taliban Sign Military Deal

(Farangis Najibullah (RFE/RL) Russia and Afghanistan’s Taliban government have signed a military agreement, in a move that signals deepening cooperation between the sides, experts...

Central Asia Accessing Pakistani Sea Ports that Bypass Afghanistan

(Syed Fazl-e-Haider - The Jamestown Foundation) Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Transport and Communications announced the successful implementation of a pilot transport project on the Kyrgyzstan–China–Pakistan...

Afghan mothers and children face worsening hunger crisis, WFP warns

(UN News) Afghanistan’s deepening malnutrition crisis is pushing mothers and children to the brink, the UN World Food Programme has warned, as mass returns...

Afghanistan is surrendering its mineral wealth – and its future

(Javed Noorani, Lynne O’Donnell - Lowy The Interpreter) Afghanistan is giving away its mineral wealth. Through a pattern of deals that export value at...

Amid Iran War Talks, China Tests Its Clout In Pakistan-Taliban Conflict

(Mustafa Sarwar - RFE/RL) As US President Donald Trump says the war in Iran could be over "very soon" and Pakistani mediators in Tehran...

Pakistan, Afghanistan trade fire as Islamabad prepares to host US-Iran talks

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Afghanistan and Pakistan have traded heavy fire, both sides said, days after they announced a temporary pause in fighting, escalating tensions in...

The New War in Afghanistan

(Alexander Palmer - Lawfare) While the world focuses on the joint U.S.-Israel war against Iran, another conflict is escalating right next door. In the...

Afghanistan says at least 400 killed in Pakistani air strike on Kabul

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) At least 400 people were killed and 250 injured in an air strike by Pakistan on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul,...

Vance: Operation in Iran will not replicate Iraq and Afghanistan – breaking

On Fox News, as reported by Al Jazeera, US Vice President JD Vance rejected criticism that Trump had broken his election promise to avoid...