Opinion

The agreement between Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia’s Delta International for the exploration and development of oil and gas resources in the Kushk–Tirpul area of Herat Province…

Afghanistan and Pakistan have never had a relationship free of political and geographical disagreements. Even before 1979, their governments held fundamentally different positions…

Pakistan’s conduct toward Afghanistan has crossed the line from manipulation into outright sabotage. This is no longer a matter of strategic ambiguity or competing narratives. It…

Our greatest tragedy may not be war itself. Perhaps an even greater tragedy is that we have not yet learned how to think about, and live with, the consequences of war. We…

The Gulf Between Strategic Patience with Iran and a Distinctive Partnership with Washington August 31, 2026 Toward a New Regional Balance Built on Multiple Partnerships By Dr.…

Afghanistan’s relationship with Pakistan is the outcome of a cumulative and structural interplay of unresolved historical questions: the contested Durand Line, ethnic and social…

The backlash against Aisha Wahab’s August 2026 remarks reveals less about her position and more about a persistent analytical failure in how Afghanistan is discussed in Western and…

Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ronald Neumann’s recent remarks regarding the possibility of reopening the U.S. Embassy in Kabul have renewed discussion about the future…

The election of Aysha Wahab, an American of Afghan heritage, to the U.S. House of Representatives cannot be reduced to the outcome of a single electoral contest. It offers a…

Pakistan has spent decades trying, without success, to shape a precarious Afghanistan according to its interests rather than learning to live with its neighbour in peaceful…