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India’s Approach to Taliban 2.0: Cautious and Persistent
Recent Indian moves such as foreign secretary Vikram Misri’s meeting with the Taliban regime’s foreign minister in January 2025 and news reports of New Delhi potentially accepting a Taliban representative to head the embassy have generated a lot of curiosity…
Water as Leverage? Improving Iran’s Treatment of Afghan Migrants
From October 14 to 15, more than 200 Afghan migrants attempting to enter Iran irregularly were reportedly attacked by Iranian border guards. HalVash, an advocacy group for the Baloch people that is based in Iran, claimed that dozens were killed…
2024 U.S. Elections and Afghanistan’s Uncertain Future
Washington’s relationship with Afghanistan was once a central talking point in U.S. foreign policy, but in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the country receives far less attention in policy debates. As the United States heads to the…
Pakistan’s Taliban Conundrum
August 15, 2024, marked the third anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan. Back then, along with the Taliban, Pakistan’s establishment was also euphoric about the United States’ withdrawal from the region. The then-Pakistani prime minister, Imran Khan,…
Women’s Participation in UN Deliberations is Crucial to a Sustainable Peace in Afghanistan
In an unfortunate decision, the United Nations accommodated the Taliban's condition to exclude women and civil society from the third meeting of Special Envoys on Afghanistan held in Doha, Qatar, to discuss how to advance international engagement on Afghanistan. Women…
Charting Afghanistan’s Economic Future: Recommendations for Reform
The United Nations recently warned that a funding shortfall could severely impede humanitarian aid to millions of Afghans. Yet donors have provided only 6 percent of the requested humanitarian funding for Afghanistan for 2024, with the UN securing only USD…