How Afghanistan Can Benefit from China’s Investments
February 26th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a report on how a strategic relationship with China could end Afghanistan’s isolation through economic cooperation and ensure stability through strategic engagement: Although China has not yet officially recognized the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, it has been steadily deepening ties with them. Its efforts to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties have intensified […]
Read more »A Taliban highway Could Lead To The Future. But It’s Stuck In The Past.
February 2nd, 2025
Via The Washington Post, an article on Taliban plans to turn one of the country’s remotest corners into a global trade hub by linking the Afghan heartland with China: More than three years after the Taliban seized power, Afghanistan remains economically decrepit and politically isolated. But now, the Taliban government has a plan to turn one […]
Read more »Afghanistan’s Untapped Mineral Wealth: Lost Opportunity or Path To Stability?
January 31st, 2025
Via Amu.tv, commentary on Afghanistan’s mineral potential: Under the Taliban’s current regime, Afghanistan faces an unprecedented erosion of civil freedoms, especially for women. Deprived of their fundamental rights to education, work, and participation in public life, Afghan women endure a gender apartheid that starkly contrasts with international norms. The Taliban’s oppressive policies have not only […]
Read more »Tiny Steps for TAPI in the Taliban’s Afghanistan
January 16th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a report that Taliban authorities say that around 3 kilometers of the pipeline has been completed, out of more than 770 km needed to bring Turkmen gas to the Pakistani border: Four months after inaugurating work on the Serhetabat-Herat section of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline, a spokesperson for the Taliban’s Ministry of […]
Read more »Afghanistan Continues to Refine Its Extraction Strategy
January 11th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, an article on how the Taliban are gradually increasing revenue streams from resource extraction operations in an effort to minimize the impact of Western pressure: As the Taliban crack sharply down on non-governmental organizations and women’s rights, its government is gradually increasing revenue streams from resource extraction operations as it seeks to […]
Read more »Emeralds for Sale: The Taliban Look Below Ground to Revive the Economy
January 6th, 2025
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on the Taliban government which is counting on Afghanistan’s bountiful gemstone and mineral resources after the loss of billions of dollars in international aid: In a chilly auditorium in Afghanistan, heaps of freshly mined green emeralds glowed under bright table lamps as bearded gemstone dealers inspected them for […]
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