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South Asia appears to be the exception and the outlier to the most logical principle now — regional cooperation

Former PM Imran Khan’s claim earlier this month that his policy for settling Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) fighters and families in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was torpedoed by the provinces’ refusal to accept his…

Fifteen years ago, the Pakistani security establishment sought to make a distinction between “good” and “bad” Taliban. The good Taliban were the Afghan Taliban and other groups that served Pakistan’s interests in the region, including the…

From Kenya to India and the Philippines, more frequent and intense extreme weather events have led to escalating threats against women and girls

National consensus needed on geopolitics, federalism, inclusion and infrastructure-led growth

Newsroom in exile exposes the Taliban’s war on women in Afghanistan

Masouma opened her tailoring workshop in the centre of Nili city just six years ago, investing 70,000 afghanis into the business. She had big dreams.  However, Masouma says all of her efforts have been wasted since the Taliban takeover of…

A police vehicle stopped in a shopping area in the Chah-Baba neighbourhood of Mazar-e-Sharif on March 3. Five Taliban gunmen got out of the car and dropped two bodies wrapped in black cloth on the road. “Control your women or else this will…

Until nine months ago, Nisa Rahimi* had what she calls a normal life, including a career in a private company. But after the Taliban took over Afghanistan and began imposing restrictions on women and girls, the 23-year-old felt she had no…

Shazia* is seven years old, the age when Afghan children start school. But an education isn’t an option for Shazia, who lives in Kandahar city, the spiritual home of the Taliban. A month ago, her father forced her to marry a 22-year-old…