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By Fatima Baloch When the Afghan Taliban captured Kabul on August 15, 2021, Pakistan celebrated. The Prime Minister, military ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. For decades Afghan refugees have been sneaking into Iranian territory ...

PARACHINAR, Pakistan -- Thousands of men dance to the beat of drums as a Pashtun community in northwestern Pakistan celebrates the arrival of the new year and spring. They say that Norouz, the ...

The Taliban have placed a "Greater Afghanistan" map, depicting parts of Pakistan as Afghan territory, on Pashto poet ...

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During an online meeting organised by the Afghan United Front, prominent political and human rights activists from the Pashtun, Baloch, Sindhi, and Kashmiri communities reaffirmed their commitment to ...

(The Conversation) — Close to a hundred Afghan Shiite Muslims were killed in attacks on mosques in October 2021. One such attack took place on Oct. 15, when a group of suicide bombers detonated ...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan — The leaders of one of the largest Pashtun tribes in a Taliban stronghold agreed to support the American-backed government, battle insurgents and burn down the home of any ...

Afghanistan and Pakistan must pursue credible security cooperation to overcome the current cycles of cross-border violence.

There are several issues with enumerating Afghanistan’s population, starting with the fact that there hasn’t been an actual census in over four decades. How many people live in Afghanistan? It turns ...

Abdulkader Sinno does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...