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Can Conditional Engagement Spur Reform in the Taliban’s Afghanistan?
Four years into the second period of rule by the Taliban regime, Afghanistan has plummeted into economic insecurity and a human rights crisis. Following the Taliban takeover in 2021, the regime’s chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid had claimed, “we are going…
India’s Quest for Global Leadership Must Begin with Protecting its Women
The brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at R.G. Khar Medical College in Kolkata this summer sparked countrywide public outrage, rekindling the fury that India witnessed after the 2012 Nirbhaya case. Despite India’s impressive economic growth and…
طالبان دور میں افغان خواتین اور صنفی پوشیدگی: مقامی آوازیں اور توقعات
نوٹ: یہ تحقیق کابل کی رہائشی خواتین اور پشاور، پاکستان میں موجود افغان خواتین پناہ گزینوں سے بذریعہ ٹیلی فون کیے گئے انٹرویوز پر مبنی ہے۔ اقوام متحدہ کی رپورٹس کے مطابق افغانستان میں اکتوبر ۲۰۲۳ کے زلزلے میں ہلاک…
Afghan Women and Gender Invisibility under the Taliban: Local Voices and Expectations
Note: This research was conducted via phone interviews with female residents of Kabul and Afghan female refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan. According to UN reports, 90 percent of the dead and injured as a result of the October 2023 earthquake in…
Exploring the BJP’s Role in the Manipur Conflict
September 3 will mark three months since the mayhem in India’s northeastern state of Manipur began. The bloody rivalry between the Kuki and Meitei communities, which was triggered after the High Court passed a resolution to grant the majority Meitei…
Safeguarding Pakistan’s Domestic Workers Will Take More Than Just Laws
Content warning: this essay contains references to domestic and sexual abuse. Research informing this article was supported by the Pulitzer Center. In recent years, Pakistan has introduced and passed various bills to safeguard the rights and protection of domestic workers…