Tashkent’s transition from a security-oriented approach to a pragmatic, economy-first foreign policy in relation to Kabul is most evident in its engagement in northern Afghanistan.

While Chinese investment is rising, particularly in the mining sector, the operations face both local pushback and logistical ...

Afghanistan is often in the global spotlight, and typically for less than desirable reasons. As someone who has traveled ...

An American man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released ...

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, located in northwestern Pakistan, borders Afghanistan and is home to a Pashtun-majority population.

Similarly, declining seizures are consistent with rising prices for opium and heroin within Afghanistan and in neighbouring Iran. During the first half of 2024, wholesale opium and heroin prices per ...

He was not alone. Thousands of Afghan families were separated in the rushed withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

Prices for opium in Afghanistan skyrocketed to US $750 per kilogram in 2024, according to a new brief released by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today. This represents a tenfold increase ...

While emphasizing strong people-to-people ties, India committed to ongoing support and development projects in Afghanistan, providing substantial aid in various sectors. The engagement aims to promote ...

Mr. Trump lamented the withdrawal from Afghanistan as “disastrous and incompetent.” He called the Abbey Gate attack “perhaps the most embarrassing moment in the history of our country.” ...