Elsa Imdad, Author at Afghan Studies Center

Strange Bedfellows: Russia’s Pragmatic Embrace of Taliban

By Elsa Imdad The Kremlin’s growing partnership with the Taliban reflects the hard strategic calculations driving a new regional order

By Elsa Imdad A new Taliban decree on marriage and separation reinforces unequal legal rights for women, tightening restrictions around

Afghanistan has signed a $46 million agreement with an Indian company, TCRC, to develop and equip quality assurance laboratories across

By Elsa Chandio The reported movement of TTP leaders away from Kabul highlights tactical shifts under pressure, but the deeper

By Elsa Imdad Pakistan is steadily recalibrating its trade map by expanding connectivity with Central Asia and Iran while reducing

By Elsa Imdad Like all catastrophes, this escalation exposes pre-existing fault lines, with Afghan women bearing its most acute and

By ELSA IMDAD Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan target TTP leaders, but tactical gains risk fuelling cross-border tensions. The enduring question

By Elsa Imdad Chandio Decades of marginalisation, unfulfilled rights, and exclusion from political and economic opportunity have made armed struggle

By freezing cross-border trade while managing a refugee influx, Pakistan and Afghanistan have created a perfect storm of economic pressure

There is nothing voluntary about the so-called Afghan ‘repatriations’. The forced return of Afghans is accelerating into one of the