The Institute for East Strategic Studies (IESS) is hosting a roundtable on "The perspective of Iran-Pakistan relations." The summit is being held with the presence of Asif Durrani, former Pakistani ambassador ...

Over the past four decades, Afghanistan initially was engaged in security dynamics with South Asia, and after the US invasion of the country in 2001, it established reciprocal security dynamics with the ...

The future of the projects that connect Central Asia to South Asia by passing through Afghanistan depend on a number of factors whose realization needs creative solutions on the side of the Afghan officials....

Over the past decades, China's foreign policy towards Afghanistan has been largely a kind of reaction to the policies of major powers such as the former Soviet Union, the United States and NATO. Even ...

South Asia is considered to be a distinct and fragmented part of a single geography whose actors have always been at odds with each other in terms of religion, political system and global interactions,...

After fall of the republic in Afghanistan, the focus has been more on the material and tangible consequences of this event rather than the mental and psychological ones. But the impacts of fall of the ...

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 ...

It seems that the Taliban’s rule is the inevitable fate of Afghanistan. Although this government, as in the past, has adopted the medieval methods, and shows incompatibility with the legal principles ...

The Foreign Ministers of the Neighboring Countries of Afghanistan, including Islamic Republic of Iran, People’s Republic of China, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and ...

When ISIS announced the emergence of ISKP (ISIS–K) in Afghanistan, the then Afghan government categorically denied the ISKP' presence in the country for a year, but after the revelation of ISKP activities ...

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 ...

Since 2021, the security dynamics of Afghanistan have changed significantly. The Taliban, which was previously considered the main security threat in Afghanistan, has now become the ruling power. Meanwhile,...

This infographic shows the statistics of explosions, suicide bombings, and military operations (the Afghan forces and the Taliban) as well as the number of casualties (the Afghan soldiers, the Taliban,...

There are two predictable scenarios for the future of Afghanistan. The first scenario is that the Taliban show flexibility and form an inclusive political structure with prominent and credible figures ...

If the Taliban had taken over Kabul after a heavy war, they would now have been overwhelmed with excitement, but it did not happen. The Taliban suddenly found themselves in a situation that they were ...

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 ...

This infographic shows the statistics of explosions, suicide bombings, and military operations (the Afghan forces and the Taliban) as well as the number of casualties (the Afghan soldiers, the Taliban,...

Transit is one of the key issues in landlocked Central Asia. The region is deprived of sea routes; hence, has to pay more in transit for trade with partners beyond Eurasia. This is a serious obstacle,...

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 ...

The US president ended the country’s 20-year war in Afghanistan by announcing an unconditional withdrawal. However, since then the war in Afghanistan has entered a new phase because the Taliban know that ...