Afghanistan: Conflict Followed By Climate Crisis
April 29th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, an article on Afghanistan where – as the dilemma on recognition and assistance remains unresolved – the nation will be subjected to a vicious cycle of conflict with climate change acting as a threat multiplier: One of the immediate impacts of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 was the country’s […]
Read more »Turkmenistan’s Afghanistan Policy: Balancing Risks and Untapped Opportunities
April 24th, 2024
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on Ashgabat’s delicate balance between hewing to its traditional neutrality and mitigating potential threats from Afghanistan: The recent delegations from the Taliban regime to Turkmenistan underscore a significant warming of relations between the two countries. On March 15, workers from Turkmenistan were scheduled to arrive in Afghanistan for three months to […]
Read more »Why the Taliban Love Social Media
April 24th, 2024
Via The Walrus, a report on the Talian’s use of social media to normalize its rule in Afghanistan: HAMED LATIFEE launched the YouTube channel Afghanistan Streets in 2023 to portray daily life in the country under Taliban rule. His videos often featured tours of construction sites, shops, or trips to Afghanistan’s provinces, where locals would showcase […]
Read more »Tourist Numbers Up In Post-War Afghanistan
April 10th, 2024
Via Al Jazeera, a report on tentative growth in Afghanistan’s tourism economy, with nearly 5,200 visitors in 2023 – a 120% year-on-year increase: His soldier son toured Afghanistan with fighters in his crosshairs, but US traveller Oscar Wells has a different objective – sightseeing promoted by the Taliban’s fledgling tourism sector. Marvelling at the 15th […]
Read more »Afghanistan Sees Pakistan Trade Route As Most Viable Despite Tensions
March 28th, 2024
Via the Frontier Post, a report on Afghan-Pakistan trade: Modaser Islami, Rehmat Mehsud Afghans say access to international markets through Pakistan is still the most viable option for their landlocked country, as bilateral trade talks took place in Kabul this week to resolve obstructions amid heightened border tensions. The neighboring countries have traded blame in […]
Read more »Al Qaeda Inc. Is Back—and Thriving—in Afghanistan
March 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on how architects of 9/11 are profiting from gold and gem mines in the Taliban-led country: Al Qaeda is back to its old tricks in Afghanistan. Much as it did before masterminding the 9/11 attacks, the terrorist group is running militant training camps; sharing the profits of the Taliban’s […]
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