Watch: Where do India-Afghanistan ties stand under Taliban rule?

Watch: Where do India-Afghanistan ties stand under Taliban rule?

What is the situation inside Afghanistan? We are joined by Dr. Nilofar Sakhi, a faculty member at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. She is also the president of the Andiana Foundation, a US-based think tank, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. Source link

Pakistan, Afghanistan to hold second round of talks in Turkiye to ease border tensions

Pakistan, Afghanistan to hold second round of talks in Turkiye to ease border tensions

Trucks loaded with goods are parked near the closed Spin Boldak border crossing with Pakistan, after the border was shut for nearly two weeks following clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on October 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP “Officials of Pakistan and Afghanistan are set to hold the second round … Read more

Afghanistan earthquake death toll tops 2,200; survivors face aid crunch

Afghanistan earthquake death toll tops 2,200; survivors face aid crunch

KABUL/MAZAR DARA: Rescue workers on Thursday pulled bodies from the rubble of homes razed in Afghanistan‘s earthquakes as the confirmed death toll topped 2,200, while homeless survivors faced a bleak future with global aid agencies warning of dwindling resources. Search operations continued in the quake-hit mountainous eastern areas, the Taliban administration said, announcing a new … Read more

2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Are Freed in Prisoner Swap

2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Are Freed in Prisoner Swap

In one of its final acts, the Biden administration secured the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in a prisoner swap for a Taliban member imprisoned in the United States on narcotics charges. The Taliban government freed Ryan Corbett and William Wallace McKenty in exchange for Khan Mohammed, who was released from a U.S. … Read more

Opinion | Don’t Underestimate the Enduring Power of ISIS

Opinion | Don’t Underestimate the Enduring Power of ISIS

For 20 years, I’ve been studying Western recruits to domestic and transnational terrorist organizations. I’ve interviewed jihadis, white-nationalist terrorists and eco-terrorists to understand their motivations and to prevent future violence. In my view, the appeal of some of the most crucial elements that ISIS offered to vulnerable or confused Western recruits — doctrinal certainty, identity, … Read more