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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…

Restricting Internet Access Is the Taliban’s Latest Ploy to Cut off Afghanistan’s Most Vulnerable  Human suffering and unchallenged radicalization open the door for a security…

While the Islamic world, and indeed the entire globe, has been watching with profound anxiety the ongoing massacres in Gaza, holding its breath in hope of a halt to this Israeli…

At the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), a stark contrast in visions for the future of international relations was on full display. Chinese Premier Li Qiang presented a…

The official story is one the world has heard before. The United States government claims a massive naval armada patrolling the southern Caribbean—the largest such deployment in…

Journalists Face Arrest, Torture; Journalists in Exile at Risk of Forced Return The Taliban have gutted Afghan media since taking control of the country in August 2021…

The world community condemns terrorism with loud voices, but rarely with clean hands. It mourns the victims, organizes conferences, and funds counter-terrorism projects, yet it…

Islamabad closes refugee villages, speeding up its expulsion of Afghans, who in many cases were born in Pakistan. By Abid Hussain Source: Aljazeera…

Amid meticulously coordinated diplomatic efforts between Qatar and Turkey, sensitive negotiations are unfolding in Doha between Afghanistan’s de facto government and Islamabad.…

Every morning in today’s India begins with two parallel news cycles.The first plays out on television screens — carefully staged, slickly produced: debates on Pakistan, pride in…