Three years ago the Taliban promised it had changed. It is now clear that it hasn’t.
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The Taliban’s 2.0 government has proven to be as dreadfully extremist and discriminatory as its previous reign of terror.
Attempts to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act have faltered, leaving tens of thousands of Afghans who fled chaos during the fall of Kabul in limbo.
Codifying apartheid could offer significant relief to many victims and survivors who otherwise would not be entitled to adequate recourse from the international community.
The Afghans is powerful account of the rise of the Taliban, told through the lives of three very different people.
It’s a fairytale ride for Afghanistan’s talented cricketers. But women remain excluded.
NATO’s treaty has loopholes that give member countries, including the US, power over whether or not they want to intervene in a particular conflict.
Khorasan is globally associated with terrorism, but people from Afghanistan are out to challenge that assumption.
With both sides in Sudan’s civil war accused of recruiting Islamist militiamen, terrorist groups look set to capitalize on a power vacuum.
People who enter the US as refugees or with asylum generally adapt quickly and become productive members of society. But cities need help getting them settled and employed.
The Taliban is likely to be hoping for economic and political benefits from an improved relationship with Russia.
If the ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan persists, consequences could include higher rates of abuse, the spread of extremism and billions of dollars in economic loss.
A spate of terror operations carried out by the Islamic State group affiliate has raised concerns over a potential attack on US soil.
A hidden history of connection and commerce between Britain, Afghanistan, and central Asia serves as a reminder of the possibility of inter-religious co-existence in even the most fraught of times.
At least 137 people were killed in the Moscow attack – the latest in a a series of ISIS-K operations outside its traditional stronghold.
A second Donald Trump presidency would not necessarily implement a foreign policy any more destructive than what is normal for the United States.
The UK government needs to define its goals and the scope of its involvement in a campaign against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Some 189,000 Afghans have applied for visas to Australia, but the government has only approved 31,500 refugee spots for the next four years. Women face the biggest hurdles to resettlement.
Beijing is happy to partner up with religious-led nations if it is in its strategic interests.
Government sanctions against Hamas, which the US and the European Union consider a terrorist group, mean that aid groups are not able to directly work with Hamas.
Top contributors
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Reader in Sociology, City, University of London
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, School of History and Philosophy, UNSW Sydney
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Visiting Research Professor, The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace Security and Justice, Queen's University Belfast
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Director, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Professor of Anthropology, Emerita, Concordia University
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Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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PhD Candidate in Development Studies, SOAS, University of London
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Faculty Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Clemson University
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Senior Lecturer in History and Politics, Murdoch University
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Lecturer in History, Murdoch University
