Pakistan supported the Taliban, expecting help against the TTP, reduced Indian influence, and progress on the TAPI pipeline, but the Taliban have not fulfilled these expectations. Taliban leaders ...

The Afghanistan national flag waving. At its founding, the Taliban was mainly comprised of Pashtuns, the dominant Afghan ethnic group. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons During the Chinese civil war ...

Pakistan’s defense minister declared an "open war" with Afghanistan on Friday after the two sides exchanged heavy fire along their shared border on Thursday, according to multiple reports. Defense ...

Pakistan’s conflict with Afghanistan has gone under the radar after the war in West Asia gained centre stage. The long-simmering conflict between the two neighbours had intensified on February 26 with ...

At first glance, the criminal code appears to be a typical legal framework. But the state’s goal is not to protect citizens, but to control them. But for Afghans, the war did not end; it only changed.

Talk of a rift among the Taliban ranks has been circulating since the group’s return to power in Afghanistan over four years ago, after the U.S. and its allies left the country haphazardly. The ...

Amid ‘open war’ between Pakistan and Afghanistan over the militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, the 2015 documentary ‘Taliban Hunters’ offers relevant history on the group and the fight against ...

As US President Donald Trump says the war in Iran could be over "very soon" and Pakistani mediators in Tehran meet with officials, another nearby conflict has been drawing Beijing's attention. Since ...