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Afghanistan sits at the center of any serious conversation about this region’s future. So when reports surface of the Afghan Freedom Front destroying a Taliban
July 26, 2026
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Afghanistan sits at the center of any serious conversation about this region’s future. So when reports surface of the Afghan Freedom Front destroying a Taliban
A fresh wave of fighting in Badakhshan province is testing the Taliban’s hold on Afghanistan’s rugged northeast, as the armed opposition group Afghanistan Freedom Front
Five years on, the Taliban’s grip on Afghanistan looks less like governance and more like control by punishment. Reports indicate former police officers, men who
Senior Taliban Border Officer Slain as Fighting Flares in Northeastern Afghanistan A Taliban officer responsible for border security in Zebak district, Faridullah Wahdat, was killed
Pakistan and Afghanistan share river systems, weather patterns, and a border that displaced families cross in both directions every year. Managing drought and flooding in
Amnesty International’s latest report condemns Pakistan’s precision strikes from March 2026. But why and how? Upon a deeper inspection, the report reveals itself to be
The recent collapse of a diplomatic understanding between Iran and the United States has once again pushed the Gulf toward uncertainty. Ceasefires and temporary arrangements,
In the fraught landscape of international conflict, the currency of human rights advocacy is credibility. When a premier organization like Amnesty International issues a report,
There is a version of the Pakistan-Europe relationship that lives in policy papers: trade percentages, convention checklists, monitoring missions. And then there is the version
There is a number that rarely appears in international coverage of the Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict: 600. That is the count of Pakistani soldiers and police officers