Afghan Weekly Archives - Afghan Studies Center

Taliban regime has itself become a proxy trying to destabilize the region, Pakistan’s UN envoy tells Arab News

Posted by Shahana Naseer - August 17, 2026

Five years after the Taliban swept into Kabul, Pakistan’s ambassador to the UN, Asim Iftikhar…

Posted by Elsa Imdad - May 15, 2026

Afghanistan has signed a $46 million agreement with an Indian company, TCRC, to develop and…

Posted by Elsa Imdad - February 4, 2026

By Elsa Imdad Chandio Decades of marginalisation, unfulfilled rights, and exclusion from political and economic…

Posted by Shahana Naseer - January 14, 2026

The two-week-long joint military counter-terrorism exercises between Pakistan and the US, code-named “Inspired Gambit-2026,” have…

Posted by Shahana Naseer - January 12, 2026

By Shahana Naseer In an era where digital platforms shape perceptions faster than institutions can…

Posted by Shahana Naseer - January 5, 2026

افغان اور بھارتی سوشل میڈیا کے بعض حلقوں سے اس وقت پاکستان کے خلاف زہر…

Posted by Shahana Naseer - January 2, 2026

By Abdul Waheed Waheed Pakistan’s internal security situation has continued to deteriorate despite the closure…

Posted by Elsa Imdad - December 22, 2025

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

Posted by Shahana Naseer - December 12, 2025

Islamabad says the Kabul clerics’ gathering is insufficient to address cross-border militancy, insisting on a…

Posted by Elsa Imdad - December 3, 2025

When a woman walks into a heavily guarded military compound with explosives strapped to her…