What’s Russia’s Chess Game In Afghanistan? By Andrew Korybko Russia’s “chess” game in Afghanistan entails the promotion of a political solution as soon as possible, relying on the Taliban to protect the country’s regional anti-terrorist interests, and accommodating legitimate US and… Read More ›
What’s The SCO’s Game Plan For Afghanistan? By Andrew Korybko The SCO would do well to coordinate its members’ efforts to contain Afghan-emanating regional terrorist threats such as ISIS-K, encourage a political compromise between Kabul and the Taliban, and devise a… Read More ›
Allama Iqbal’s historical trip to Afghanistan In September 1933, the Afghan government officially invited Iqbal and two other eminent educationists, Maulana Syed Suleiman Nadvi and Sir Ross Masood (the grandson of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan), to visit Afghanistan on the eve… Read More ›
Here’s A List Of The US’ Top Failures In Afghanistan By Andrew Korybko The US’ War on Afghanistan spectacularly failed to accomplish anything positive of significance. US President Biden’s announcement that his country will initiate its full withdrawal from Afghanistan on 1 May… Read More ›
America’s Following In Russia’s Diplomatic Footsteps In Afghanistan By Andrew Korybko US Special Afghan Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad’s new approach to resolving the War on Afghanistan follows in Russia’s diplomatic footsteps by encouraging the creation of an inclusive government between Kabul and… Read More ›
What’s The Future Of Afghanistan After Trump? By Andrew Korybko Russian Special Presidential Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov is fairly certain that President-Elect Biden won’t do much to turn the tide on outgoing President Trump’s drawdown from Afghanistan despite newly promulgated… Read More ›
Has Afghanistan never recognized the Durand Line? By Fidato Back in 1879, Afghanistan’s Amir Yaqub Khan retracted his claim to British control of the Khyber Pass, the Kurram Valley, Sibi and Pishin in exchange for an annual subsidy of “six… Read More ›
Uzbekistan-Pakistan Joint Collaboration for Peace and Stability in Afghanistan By News Desk On 18th November 2020, Area Study Center (Russia, China & Central Asia), University of Peshawar & Center for Global & Strategic Studies (CGSS), Islamabad jointly organised a Roundtable… Read More ›
Is Trump’s Afghanistan Drawdown Driven By Principles Or Machiavellian Motives? Trump’s decision to cut the number of US troops in Afghanistan from 4500 to 2500 raised questions about whether he’s simply fulfilling a campaign promise out of principle or whether… Read More ›
Is Pakistan responsible for Afghanistan’s destabilization? Part-3 Why were Mujahideen unable to capture Kabul even though Kabul’s resistance (backed by Soviets) was on the point of collapse? Why did Soviet Union stop supporting Najibullah and what were the events that… Read More ›
