Tragic Killing of Pakistani Journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya

Five Years of Taliban Rule: Governance Without Legitimacy and Resistance Expanding

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Five years after the Taliban returned to Kabul, the Islamic Emirate has achieved what it sought militarily but not politically: control without broad-based consent. The

Accountability Without Transparency in Afghanistan: UNAMA’s Assessment of the Taliban Security Sector

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A new UNAMA report, published in August 2026, examines whether Afghanistan’s Taliban administration has established meaningful accountability mechanisms for its security forces nearly five years

Pakistan’s Religious Right

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Religious ‘Right’ in Pakistan Pakistan has a legacy of religious, political and societal influences from the greater Middle East, Central and South Asia and the

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Five Years On, Afghanistan Is Still in Survival Mode

SAT Commentary

Five years after the Taliban returned to Kabul, Afghanistan is no longer facing the same nationwide war that defined much of the previous two decades.

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Tragic Killing of Pakistani Journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya

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Five Years of Taliban Rule: Governance Without Legitimacy and Resistance Expanding

Accountability Without Transparency in Afghanistan: UNAMA’s Assessment of the Taliban Security Sector

Pakistan’s Religious Right

The Unfinished Work of Independence

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