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The suppression of the Islamic State’s Khorasan Province (ISKP) group— the Afghan affiliate of the Islamic State — inside Afghanistan has pushed the group toward building a decentralized, transnational, and nearly uncontrollable network. This analysis ...
Afghanistan's Shias, who make up 12 to 20 percent of the country's population, have always failed to play a significant role in the country's equations. After the rise of ISKP (Islamic State of Khorasan ...
18 Nov 2021 - 12:46
The United States’ strategic approach towards cooperation with the Central Asian countries is a combination of two strategic benefits. It means, while Washington is pursuing the grand strategy of connecting ...
16 Oct 2021 - 12:56
Cabinet officials announced by the Taliban are all members of the group itself and, except for three of them, selected from the Pashtuns. This cabinet can be analyzed from different perspectives. One ...
13 Sep 2021 - 13:28
It is the duty of the both countries of Iran and Afghanistan to preserve the shared wetlands. The entry of human borders into this area has had very serious consequences for both sides. The continuation ...
1 Aug 2021 - 11:59
After years of covert politics or hiding itself behind the United States, Britain has once again returned to the policy of direct intervention in Afghanistan to start a new adventure there and bring about ...
24 Jul 2021 - 09:26
Throughout the history and especially after the conclusion of the Paris Agreement, the importance of joint water resources - especially the Helmand basin - for Iran and Afghanistan has led to the formation ...
6 Jul 2021 - 09:45
The Historical studies show that there are many similarities in the water development processes of Turkey and Afghanistan. At almost a same period of time, rulers came to power in these two countries ...
30 May 2021 - 08:59
In order to change its regional and international status, Pakistan has made changes in its domestic and foreign policy that cannot be labeled as hoax. Islamabad has found that adopting a security-oriented ...
9 May 2021 - 11:40
According to various considerations, Iran and Afghanistan have no choice but to cooperate in water management in the Helmand watershed. Kamal Khan Dam is now completed and has created the opportunity ...
7 Apr 2021 - 13:14
The Pakistan-Saudi Arabia relations, which have seemed to be strategic so far, are changing profoundly. This transformation has been intensified under the influence of the political and ideological rivalries ...
9 Mar 2021 - 09:05
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union as well as the collapse of the bipolar world, the US military invasion of Afghanistan provided a unique opportunity for the White House officials to pursue their ...
31 Dec 2020 - 13:10
In the heat of war and crisis in Afghanistan, a railway between Iran and Afghanistan was inaugurated for the first time by the presidents of the two countries. This railway connects Iran’s Khaf to Afghanistan’s ...
31 Dec 2020 - 09:45
The Taliban has reportedly been able to increase its financial income through drug trafficking, illegal mining and export in the recent years. The group's revenue in the fiscal year 1398 (which ended ...
26 Dec 2020 - 11:26
The development of the international railway network from the Iranian city of Khaf to Afghanistan’s Herat and China’s Kashgar through Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan would facilitate transportation and cultural ...
6 Dec 2020 - 11:59
Alongside its language and ethnic boundaries, Afghan society is now facing a new frontier: the “ideological polarization”. Although this ideological polarization is currently mild and overshadowed by ...
10 Nov 2020 - 13:51
The Russian Federation and Afghanistan inherited an old, complex and unique relationship that has seen many ups and downs. In the recent years, especially after 2014, when the withdrawal of the US troop ...
30 Sep 2020 - 13:37
The new US strategy targets the whole region rather than Afghanistan alone. The designers of this strategy seek to create a new arrangement of the regional actors in a bid to maintain the US hegemony ...
24 Sep 2020 - 11:08
The announcement of Donald Trump's new strategy in Afghanistan received mixed reactions from the Afghan and Pakistani officials. Through a purely security point of view and regardless of other problems ...
24 Sep 2020 - 10:54
Following the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the presence of the US forces became one of the main variables in analysis of the order of Afghanistan and even the region. During these years, the Americans ...
13 Sep 2020 - 13:37
Strategies for Enhancing the Resilience of Afghanistan’s Non-Pashtun Ethnic Groups to Reduce Migration
Analysis of developments in Afghanistan, from March 2024 to March 2025
The Ukraine War and its Impact on Central Asia - South Asia Connectivity
