Articles & Analysis

Author: Hamia Naderi The fall of the first Taliban regime in 2001 was more than a political transition; it marked the beginning of the most extensi...

Part Three Author: Hamia Naderi The Saur Revolution of 1978 ended Afghanistan’s fragile political balance and plunged the country into decades of...

Part Two Author: Hamia Naderi After the fall of King Amanullah’s government, Afghanistan’s political structure entered a period of gradual transfo...

Part One** Author: Hamia Naderi In the historical landscape of Afghanistan, the twentieth century emerges at the threshold of modernization with...

Across the northern plains of Afghanistan — in the villages of Balkh, Jowzjan, Faryab, and Samangan — the voices of Uzbek women still echo through courtyards, classrooms, and quiet kitchens. Their v...

Teachers in Afghanistan are reporting a sharp decline in motivation due to the Taliban's arbitrary decisions, ideological interventions, and lack of job security, which are exacerbating an already fr...

On the occasion of International Rural Women’s Day, millions of women in Afghanistan’s remote villages continue to live under conditions marked by poverty, deprivation, and severe gender-based restr...

Author: Engineer Rahmatullah Mohseni Rahmatullah Mohseni, a graduate in civil engineering in 2014 from Herat University, currently lives in Islamabad, Pakistan. He was born in the Nahor district of...

In a historic move, the United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution establishing an independent investigative mechanism to examine the widespread and ongoing human rights violations...

Since seizing power, the Taliban have aggressively reformed Afghanistan’s education system to enforce their strict Islamic ideology. A January 31, 2025, directive from the Ministry of Education manda...

The restriction and disruption of internet access in Afghanistan is not a mere technical or security measure; it is part of the Taliban’s larger political project to enforce silence and build a “sin...

More than four years have passed since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan. During this period, the group has faced sustained political, economic, and diplomatic isolation. The international c...