The idea of secularism in Afghanistan dates back to the 20 century. Historically, the Pashtun political elite in Afghanistan paid attention to secularism. Although there is no accurate survey on the ...

Mohammad Ayaz lost two family members last summer in a clash with a rival family over an irrigation channel in southeastern Afghanistan. Ayaz lives near Gardez, the capital of Afghanistan’s ...

Close to a hundred Afghan Shiite Muslims were killed in attacks on mosques in October 2021. One such attack took place on Oct. 15, when a group of suicide bombers detonated explosives at a mosque in ...

Pakistan’s moral and material support to Afghan Pashtuns, oftentimes at the expense of other Afghan ethnic groups, hasn’t served Pakistan well. Since Pakistan is directly involved in the Afghan peace ...

Until a few year ago, Malak Ziarat Gul Atmarkhel made a decent living from his businesses that crossed the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is a tribal leader of the Mohmand, a large ...

India, Oct. 30 -- The Pashtun Taliban has risen like a phoenix: transformed from Mujahideen who pushed back the Soviets in 1979 to take power in Kabul in 1996 - as the creation of Pakistan (by Maj Gen ...

Zhwandoon TV is one of the few independent media outlets still operating under Taliban rule in Afghanistan. The private Pashto-language station has been forced to comply with severe restrictions ...

When the front line around Mazar-i-Sharif burst under relentless U.S. bombing, the retreating Taliban fighters knew there was only one option: to run fast and far. Retreating into Mazar-i-Sharif’s ...

Pashtuns on both sides of the Durand line have been at the receiving end of some of the most grotesque and intense violence by the Taliban. In this July 14, 2021 file photo, supporters of the Taliban ...

There are several issues with enumerating Afghanistan’s population, starting with the fact that there hasn’t been an actual census in over four decades. How many people live in Afghanistan? It turns ...

(The Conversation) — Close to a hundred Afghan Shiite Muslims were killed in attacks on mosques in October 2021. One such attack took place on Oct. 15, when a group of suicide bombers detonated ...