Pakistan’s Mediation Myth in US–Iran Conflict
By Rahmatullah Achakzai A recent report, citing anonymous U.S. officials, alleged that Iran moved some military and civilian aircraft, including...
Citizenship Rising for Afghans, Yet Vienna Wait Times Drag On
ADN Austria recorded a sharp rise in naturalizations in the first quarter of 2026, with 6,641 people receiving citizenship —...
Taliban’s 2025 Crackdown: Afghan Women Face Escalating Rights Violations
By Kazim Jafari Rawadari’s Afghanistan Human Rights Situation Report 2025, released in March 2026, documents a sharp deterioration in civil and...
Pakistan’s Intensifying Crackdown on Afghan Refugees
By Dawood Jabarkhail Peshawar - Pakistan’s latest wave of arrests targeting Afghan refugees reflects a deeper structural shift in the...
Taliban’s Latest Arrests Signal a Structural Shift in Media Repression
ADN The recent detention of three Afghan journalists in Kabul marks more than another episode in the Taliban’s ongoing crackdown...
Healthcare Collapse in Pakistan’s Balochistan Exposes Decades of Systematic Neglect
By Kadeem Baloch Across the vast, arid stretches of Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan, healthcare is not merely a service—it...
Forced Returns Deepen Afghan Refugee Crisis
Dawood Jabarkhail The scale of deportations is staggering, and the scenes along the Durand Line show it clearly. More than...
For Afghans, Recognition Without Representation Is Just Another Kind of Limbo
By Ali Ahmad When FIFA recently announced that Afghan women in the diaspora could finally represent their country on the...
Tribal Leaders in Bajaur and Kunar Reach a Community Peace Deal
By Dawood Jabarkhail PESHAWAR / KUNAR — After months of tension along the Durand Line, tribal elders from Pakistan’s Bajaur...
Pakistan’s Military Equipment Performance Under Fire: Operation Sindoor 2025
By Vishnu Nair India’s Operation Sindoor was the clearest example of how Pakistan’s defence systems fell below expectations and confidence...