Tag: Afghanistan

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...

Pakistan launches airstrikes against Afghan-based ‘militants’ it blames for cross-border attacks

(Sophia Saifi - CNN) Pakistan said Sunday it carried out airstrikes on militant camps across the border in Afghanistan, in a serious test of...

L’Afghanistan è un punto cieco strategico per l’Occidente?

(nostra traduzione da The Soufan Center)  Dal disastroso ritiro degli Stati Uniti nell'agosto 2021 e dalla conseguente presa di potere dei talebani nel Paese, l'Afghanistan...

Rift at top of the Taliban: BBC reveals clash of wills behind internet shutdown (BBC)

It was a piece of audio obtained by the BBC that revealed what worries the Taliban's leader most. Not an external danger, but one...

Australia’s Afghanistan sanctions emphasise accountability (Saima Afzal – Lowy The Interpreter)

Australia’s imposition of a new autonomous sanctions framework for Afghanistan is a significant development that shows how middle powers can react to persistent human...

Geostrategic magazine (14 November 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye. Today’s about: Afghanistan; Australia-Indonesia; Australia-New Zealand-Pacific;  Foundational...

Why does the Taliban remain a point of influence in Bangladesh? (Saqlain Rizve – Lowy The Interpreter)

When the Taliban recaptured Kabul in August 2021, their victory was celebrated far beyond Afghanistan’s borders. In Bangladesh, many young men in madrasas and...