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Do Not Let the Taliban Dictate the International Community’s Interlocutors

  Thursday, March 14, 2024

Michael Rubin

At the height of South Africa’s Apartheid regime, President Ronald Reagan did what no previous U.S. president dared do: He sent Edward Perkins to South Africa. Perkins was a senior ambassador, having previous served as ambassador to Liberia. Putting Perkins, an African-American, in Pretoria was a move calculated to annoy the racist regime, but Reagan did not care. South Africa’s Apartheid go...


Beyond Victims: Afghan Women's Resilience and Resistance

  Friday, March 08, 2024

By Dr. Hosai Qasmi

As we approach commemorating International Women’s Day, it's a sobering reality that Afghan women and girls continue to endure the misogyny perpetuated by the brutally oppressive regime of the Taliban, coupled with a sense of abandonment by...

We Can Still Help Afghanistan - By Letting the Taliban Collapse

  Friday, January 19, 2024

By Dr. Michael Rubin

Humanitarian aid isn’t preventing starvation or hardship, but it is propping up the regime.

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan - On August 31,  2021, President  Joe Biden took to a podium at the White House to announce  th...

Herat: Manifestation of Iranian Civilisation

  Thursday, January 18, 2024

Ezzatollah Zarghami, the Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism for the Islamic Republic of Iran, extends his message on the occasion of the Night of Herat event, delivered by Dr. Maryam Jalali, Deputy of Handicrafts in the ministry.

‏In the name of...

Shifting Dynamics in Afghanistan's Diplomacy: Perspectives from the Herat Security Dialogue

  Tuesday, December 05, 2023

By General Asad Durrani

Afghan Institute of Strategic Studies (AISS) was founded two decades back under the aegis of the then President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai. Herat Security Dialogue is its flagship annual event participated by some well known Af...

Afghan Men's Moral Obligations Regarding the Taliban's Ban on Girls' Education

  Tuesday, October 17, 2023

By Mohammad Noman Baber 

The 20th century was marked by a period of profound global transformation, with significant changes in the political, social, economic, and human rights spheres. Afghanistan, despit...