Ahmad Fawad Arsala

When history looks back at Afghanistan’s recent decades of leadership, one image will forever symbolize Ashraf Ghani’s legacy: a sitting Afghan president walking into the military headquarters of Pakistan,  not as an equal, but as a…

Pakistan’s hypocrisy on the Taliban is not new, it is the continuation of a dangerous pattern that dates back to its very creation in 1947. Born on the shoulders of an exclusivist, extremist interpretation of Islam, Pakistan has…

Pakistan’s generals have long thrived on war, chaos, and duplicity, but under General Asim Munir, the mask has slipped completely. From openly threatening nuclear annihilation, to absurdly promoting Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize,…

When Donald Trump pulled U.S. forces out of Afghanistan, the foreign-policy establishment called it reckless. He called it a reset. From Kabul’s ruins to Alaska’s summit room, his vision is unfolding: a grand strategy to pit global powers…

By any measure of integrity or impact, Mirwais Azizi has done more for Afghanistan in the last six months than the entire circle of exiled warlords and self-proclaimed patriots did in 20 years of holding power and looting international aid.…

In 2001, after the US bombing defeated the Taliban regime in the desert wastelands of Dasht-e-Leili in northern Afghanistan, more than two thousand Taliban prisoners were stuffed into metal shipping containers and left to suffocate under a…

Russia’s evolving posture toward the Taliban regime in Afghanistan reveals a strategic calculus that transcends mere regional accommodation or counter-terrorism hedging. With Moscow now the first major power to formally recognize the…

Pakistan has long perfected the art of deception, playing both arsonist and firefighter in global crises, while continuing to masquerade as a responsible state actor. The latest controversy surrounding its alleged #nuclear threats against…

As tensions mount over #Iran’s nuclear program and fears of an #IsraeliStrike escalate, Tehran finds itself increasingly cornered. In an ironic twist of global realignment, Iran’s two presumed backers—#Russia and #China—are showing clear…

In one of the most ironic twists in recent Afghan history, the Taliban government—once dismissed as a backward militia incapable of governance—is now on the verge of completing the ambitious Qosh Tepa irrigation canal, a transformative…