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The National Resistance Front: A New Chapter in the Afghan War?
The Taliban’s narrative of restoring peace and stability in Afghanistan post-takeover of Kabul is falling short on various fronts. Ramped-up attacks by the Taliban’s archfoe, the Islamic State of Khorasan (ISKP), have confronted the Taliban with serious security challenges. The…
The Political Role of Sufi Mystics in Afghanistan
Since the Taliban swiftly took Kabul in August, Afghans and Afghanistan watchers have been grappling with what the shape and nature of the new government will be and how it will replace the former republic. There is little hope left…
طالبان قیادت میں افغانستان پراثرانداز ہونے کی حدود
Editor’s Note: An English version of this article was originally published on Lawfare and has been republished on South Asian Voices with the permission of the editors. افغانستان میں طالبان کی اقتدار میں واپسی کے بعد امریکہ نے اس گروہ…
The Limits of Leverage in Taliban-Led Afghanistan
Editor's Note: This piece article was originally published on Lawfare, and has been republished on South Asian Voices with the permission of the editors. As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan and ends its longest war, Afghan citizens are bearing…
Nepal and a Feminist Foreign Policy
In July 2021, Ratnanagar Municipality in Bagmati Pradesh enacted a policy that banned women with children under the age of two from going abroad for foreign employment. The local representatives reasoned that children were deprived of maternal care when mothers…
Sealing the Durand Line Undercuts Pakistan’s Support for Democracy in Afghanistan
As the U.S.-withdrawal from Afghanistan is expected much earlier than the September 11 deadline, Pakistan has been actively publicizing its fears about a “protracted civil war” ensuing in a post US-withdrawal Afghanistan. In a June interview with the New York…