Pakistan PM: Terrorist attacks surge by 60% since Taliban’s return
Pakistan’s interim Prime Minister, Anwaarul Haq Kakar, claimed on Wednesday that since the resurgence of the Taliban administration in August, terrorist attacks in his...
U.S intelligence suggests Al Qaeda unlikely to revive in Afghanistan, but ISIS threat remains
New US intelligence assessments suggest that is “unlikely” al Qaeda will revive in Afghanistan and Pakistan and that counterterrorism operations by the Taliban in...
Afghanistan’s Quest for Water Worries Central Asian Neighbors
Recently, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported the progress of Afghanistan’s Qosh Tepa Irrigation Canal, $670 million, 285-kilometer canal to irrigate 550,000 hectares of land...
Terrorist Groups are Again Thriving in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
Last month, the U.S. Central Command said it conducted 20 joint operations in Iraq and 11 in Syria, killing five Islamic State operatives and capturing 30...
Resurgence and Realities: Afghanistan’s Shifting Terror Threats
As the world observed the second anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan on August 15th, attention has shifted to the changing landscape of...
Taliban Finding New Ways to Stoke Regional Tensions
Two years after the United States withdrew from Afghanistan, countries around the world have begun normalizing ties with the Taliban. Central Asian states are...
Making Sense of the Taliban’s Counterterrorism Assurances
Two years on from the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, Afghanistan’s neighbors are increasingly concerned that their return to power has emboldened terrorist groups and...
Don’t Recognize the Taliban Government
Two years after taking Kabul, the Taliban are consolidating their control of Afghanistan even as they remain mostly shunned by the rest of the...
Can Afghanistan be Saved? Kazakhstan Seems to Think So
The situation in Afghanistan has gone from bad to worse since the United States withdrew in 2021. The failed state continues to face a...
Is Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan (IEA) A State Sponsoring Terrorism?
Since assuming control in August 2021 as a result of the departure of US-led forces from the war-torn nation, the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan...