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What Was Different This Time? Pakistan-Afghanistan Skirmishes on the Pak-Afghan border

SAT Editorial Desk February 27, 2026

Members of the Taliban stand in front of TV screens as they attend the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 18, 2025 AP Photo

Global Reports Warn Afghanistan Still Hosts Transnational Militants

SAT Commentary February 23, 2026

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