The conventional explanations for America’s failure to stabilize Afghanistan provide little help for future policymaking. The American memory of Afghanistan is receding in the rearview mirror.

Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi at a trilateral meeting in Beijing, China on May 21, 2025. Credit: X ...

The US and China are facing off at the United Nations over control of Afghanistan policy and aid, with the outcome likely to set the tone for relations between the two giants at the global body, ...

In early May, Uzbekistan’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture Jamshid Abduzukhurov and the governor of Afghanistan’s Balkh Province, Haji Muhammad Yusuf Wafa, signed a bilateral agreement concerning the ...

(New York) – The Taliban have deepened their repression since taking over Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, by intensifying restrictions on the rights of women and girls, detaining journalists, and ...

Afghanistan was on a timid recovery path. But four years after the Taliban retook power, it has been badly hit by aid cuts and an inflow of two million Afghans forced out of Iran and Pakistan.

Afghanistan’s embrace of India over Pakistan is a return to the geopolitical norm. The rapid downturn in the Afghanistan-Pakistan relationship may have caught many observers off guard. This may appear ...

The Taliban have gutted Afghan media since taking control of the country in August 2021 through the use of surveillance and censorship and by punishing media workers for perceived criticism. As the ...

Uzbekistan is betting that cooperation with the Taliban on connectivity and infrastructure projects will pay off. On June 11, 2025, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with Afghanistan’s Acting ...