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Afghanistan

UN report warns of rising TTP attacks from Afghanistan and growing regional terror threats, rejecting Taliban claims of eliminating militants.

UN Report Warns Afghanistan Emerging as Hub of Cross-Border Terror Threats

SAT Commentary February 16, 2026

UN Security Council renews Taliban sanctions monitoring as Afghanistan remains a hub for international terrorist networks.

UN Extends Taliban Sanctions Monitoring Amid Rising Terror Threats

SAT Commentary February 15, 2026

Zabihullah Mujahid speaks in an interview with TOLOnews.

Regional Stability at Stake: Examining the Taliban’s Counterclaims

Bulletin February 14, 2026

Taliban’s Pashtun-dominated rule sidelines minorities, combining political exclusion, religious repression, and systemic marginalization.

Afghanistan’s Ethnic Landscape and Taliban Rule

SAT Commentary February 14, 2026

The Taliban has created four new battalions in the Badghis and Farah provinces.

Afghanistan’s Northern Frontier: From Peripheral Instability to Eurasian Security Concern

SAT Commentary February 13, 2026

An analytical perspective on the Taliban’s new criminal procedure code and its implications for human rights, social equality, and governance in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan under the Taliban: Law, Power, and Systemic Inequality

SAT Commentary January 28, 2026

The Taliban’s new criminal code entrenches a tiered justice system, privileging clerics and elites while harshly punishing the poor.

Afghanistan’s New Tiered Justice System

SAT Editorial Desk January 25, 2026

An analysis of how Afghanistan has recalibrated its narcotics economy through managed scarcity, stockpile leverage, and synthetic drug diversification.

Afghanistan and the Architecture of Managed Narcotics Power

SAT Commentary January 23, 2026

Afghanistan’s post-2021 economy has shifted toward informality, coercive revenue, and regional trade, shaped by isolation, sanctions, and political risk.

Afghanistan’s Post-2021 Economic Model

SAT Editorial Desk January 20, 2026