Opinions




Learn from Afghan peace-talk mistakes: Zalmay Khalilzad is not the solution

  Tuesday, October 19, 2021

By Dr. Davood Moradian

Afghan leaders largely greeted the collapse last month of President Trump’s Camp David summit with the Taliban with relief. While Russia, Pakistan and Iran have all been supportive of talks with the Taliban, many Afghans refus...

Five people from Afghanistan who shaped Middle Eastern history

  Monday, September 20, 2021

By Nadda Osman

From Rumi to the Safavid Shah Abbas, the country has brought forth warriors, poets and ascetics who went on to define the history of the wider region

The region that now makes up mo...

China, Afghanistan, and the Belt and Road Initiative: Diplomacy and Reality

  Wednesday, September 15, 2021

By Magnus Marsden

China will face a number of difficulties in implementing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Afghanistan.

A series of diplomatic statements by China has indicated a 

Afghanistan’s Money Exchangers Are the Economy’s Last Best Hope

  Tuesday, September 07, 2021

By Nafay Choudhury 

As many banks are forced to close, an informal network of money exchangers provides an indispensable service.

 

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Threat of Daesh and Unfolding Afghan Catastrophe

  Thursday, August 19, 2021

The speech of the Director-General of the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) at the UN Security Council regular session on "Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts" on the situation in Afghanistan (19 August 2021, New Yo...