Oct 27, 2017
By: Scott Peterson, October 26, 2017, for CSMonitor A SHIFT IN THOUGHT – The once mostly Pashtun insurgency is broadening its ranks, amending its tactics, and seeking political relevance, even as it advances its campaign of violence and intimidation against...
Feb 22, 2017
Opinion: Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, former Pakistan ambassador to the US, India and China and head of UN missions in Iraq and Sudan. “…Given the perversity of our [Pakistan’s] political and decision-making processes, we have consistently opted for the...
Sep 12, 2016
At a money market in Kandahar Province, November 2012. AHMAD NADEEM / REUTERS foreignaffairs.com, by Javid Ahmad, Sept. 7, 2016 In 2015, the profits generated by Afghanistan’s illicit economywere worth more than $1 billion. Drug trafficking, smuggling,...
Sep 7, 2016
thediplomat.com, August 19, 2016, Ajibullah Noorzai Has the time come for Pakistan to put an end to its security dilemma with India? Afghanistan, a landlocked country, is located in a strategic location, connecting Central Asia to South Asia and East Asia to West...
Aug 25, 2016
nytlive.nytimes.com, by Fariba Nawa, Aug. 10, 2016 — In early July, the citizens of Kabul were faced with a confronting sight. Armed with a loudspeaker, novice rapper Elinaa Rezaie hit the streets, lifted the front of her burqa and displayed a bandaged face...
