By Maiwand Nazary*  “Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it” – Hannah Arendt 

By Rustam Seerat  The water dispute between the Taliban and Iran over the Helmand River has recently escalated into a display of machismo and military

By Sayed Mohammad Firouzi  Afghanistan has been one of the largest refugee-producing countries in the world for more than four decades. And, for three consecutive

By Rustam Seerat  A leaked document detailing the Taliban’s budget for 2023-24 provides insight into the regime’s priorities. The budget shows that the Taliban are

By Dr. Mohammad Hossain Kholosi  Almost two years have passed since the Taliban came to power. Despite the Taliban’s territorial control of Afghanistan, they have

By Zahra Nader   After the first part of this opinion piece dealt with ethnic bigotry, this final part will discuss two related questions:   Certainly this

By Paiman Arman  It is the dominant perception is that the Taliban did not win power by relying on its own abilities, competences and popular

*Photo of a demonstration in July 2016 in Kabul By Zahra Nader  The prevailing perception in Afghanistan is that politics is a masculine realm and

   By Paiman Arman  Taliban policies on all matters, including towards women, is derived from Islamic sharia or at least from their interpretation of sharia