Since centuries ago, Afghanistan has been a center for the game of powers, and the contradictory role of great and regional powers has had a great impact on the change of systems, political stability ...

Currently, due to the war between Russia and Ukraine, there is a concern that the Western supporters of the Islamic State group (ISIS) will again send young migrant workers from Central Asian countries ...

The relations of Taliban- ruled Afghanistan with other countries can be considered in three categories: 1) Afghanistan's close neighbors, which are the most important economic partners of this country ...

Afghanistan never got the opportunity to build a state. In the 100-year history of this country, the process of becoming a nation-state was interrupted many times. Although the Taliban did not get the ...

Americans' evaluation of the consequences of withdrawing from Afghanistan is as this: the Taliban's relationship with China is improving; its relationship with Russia is not something to Washington’s ...

The EU sees Central Asia as a highly strategic region, neighboring powerful and/or problematic countries such as Russia, China, Afghanistan and Iran. Now more than ever, Brussels aims to help the Central ...

The Second Resistance, which has been active in Afghanistan for more than a year, is still lacks an un-contradicted narrative. This vacuum causes the resistance to show ambiguous and double behaviors....

There is one issue that has kept the Taliban government's foreign policy ambiguous in the region and at the international level: Whether the Taliban is trying to maintain Afghanistan's neutrality in the ...

The 9th summit of Turkic-speaking countries which was held in the form of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) summit on November 11 and 12, 2022 in the city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, had remarkable ...

In recent years, the demographic context in the major cities of Afghanistan has changed significantly due to the migration of villagers and the return of immigrants from abroad. This type of demographic ...

The Institute for East Strategic Studies (IESS) hosted a panel discussion with attendance of Hassan Kazemi Qomi, the Iranian president's special envoy on Afghanistan affairs.

From Britain’s point of view, Pakistan has weakened the political leverage of Western powers in South Asia, due to interaction with China and some regional powers. Hence, investing in soft power, including ...

It is unlikely that there will be a succession crisis for the current leadership of the Taliban, and the group have had a distinctive track record in this regard. Using past experiences, the Taliban leaders ...

After the American withdrawal from Afghanistan and putting an end to the occupation of this country, one of the most important issues is the position of Taliban's Afghanistan in the foreign and security ...

During the last year, Afghanistan has been in a tense phase of transition from the "American-centered security order" to a "Taliban-centered security order", although the new security order has not been ...

Afghanistan owns crucial and valuable natural resources that their estimated value is more than 3 trillion dollars. Now, Economic powers are eyeing natural resources of Afghanistan, and currently this ...

With the assassination of al-Zawahiri, the U.S intended to declare another form of its presence in Afghanistan and the region. This show, was coincided exactly with the anniversary of merica's withdrawal ...

The Taliban government is facing three types of security threats of internal origin: The threat of opposition armed forces known as resistance fronts; the threat of disgruntled commanders separated from ...

Jihad is considered a sacred issue for the Taliban. However, it has weakened the group’s position in Afghanistan, the region and international community in the current situation and will postpone the ...

One of the most important sects of Sunnis in South Asia is the Barelvi sect, which is a mixture of Sunni Islam and Sufism. The Barelvis make up about 50% of Pakistan's Muslim population and usually live ...