Tag: Afghanistan

India’s Cautious and Calculated Approach to the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan (Animesh Roul, The Jamestown Foundation)

More than a month after Taliban forces stormed Afghanistan, the self-proclaimed Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan (IEA) has yet to gain international political recognition. All...

China’s geostrategic engagement in a new Afghanistan (BM Jain, East Asia Forum)

China is determined to establish a geostrategic foothold in the new Taliban-led Afghanistan. A decade ago, China forayed into Afghanistan’s strategic space by inking...

Keep The US Retreat from Afghanistan From Emboldening China (C. Anthony Pfaff, Defense One)

China lost no time in attempting to use the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan to weaken Taipei’s faith in Washington’s ability to deter Beijing and...

The West can help Afghans without recognising the Taliban now (Sultan Barakat, Al Jazeera)

While Afghans have finally seen a glimpse of stability for the first time in decades, they now face a major humanitarian and developmental catastrophe....

Taliban still struggling for international recognition (Ali M Latifi, Al Jazeera)

Since it took power in August, the Taliban has been on a desperate quest to have its Islamic Emirate recognised internationally as the official...

Will Turkey’s Afghanistan ambitions backfire? (Galip Dalay, Chatham House)

At a time when many countries are leaving Afghanistan, Turkey has been searching for ways to stay. By helping run Kabul airport, Ankara believes...

Guerrilla war against Taliban raging on in Panjshir, says resistance movement (TASS)

Guerrilla warfare against the Taliban (outlawed in Russia) conducted by the resistance movement in Afghanistan rages on in the valleys of the country’s northeast...

Afghan resistance considers Dushanbe suitable platform for dialogue with Taliban (TASS)

The Afghan resistance forces are ready to hold talks with the Taliban (outlawed in Russia) and believe that Tajikistan would be a suitable platform...

Afghanistan requests $90 mln from UN to repay its electricity debts (TASS)

Afghanistan’s electricity corporation, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), has requested $90 million from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) to close the...

Anxious wait for Afghan girls as opening of high schools stalled (Ali M Latifi, Al Jazeera)

Millions of teenage girls across Afghanistan are anxiously waiting to return to the classroom, as high schools continue to remain closed, raising fears about...

All-inclusive participation will take Afghanistan out of current situation: MP (IRNA)

Head of Parliamentary Friendship Group of Iran and Pakistan Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani said that Afghanistan would come out of the current situation with cooperation...

Afghanistan: the next frontier for China’s private-security companies? (Meia Nouwens, IISS)

Could China’s private-security companies pave the way for it to take full advantage of the economic opportunities on offer in Afghanistan? Understanding how such...

How will the Taliban handle its dispute with Tajikistan? (Al Jazeera)

Tension is rising between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Last week, the Taliban warned the Tajik government against meddling in Afghanistan’s internal affairs. It comes after Tajik President...

US ‘sooner or later’ must recognise Taliban: Pakistan PM Khan (Al Jazeera)

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan stated that the US public is currently looking for a scapegoat and 'unfairly targeting' the US President Joe Biden...

How to ensure Afghanistan isn’t the graveyard of European defense (Federica Fazio and Nicolas Adams, Atlantic Council)

French Navy Rafale fighter jets are parked onboard the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier at the port of Limassol, Cyprus, on February 21, 2020....

Russian Official Urges Tajikistan, Taliban To Avoid Confrontation (RFE RL)

Members of Tajikistan's armed forces line up during joint military drills involving Russia, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan at the Harb-Maidon training ground near the border...