Strong economic growth during the pre-transition period of 2007-08 to 2011-12 did not reduce poverty and contributed instead to widening inequality in Afghanistan. According to the latest Afghanistan ...

Given the implications for security and stability, Central Asian countries must develop a common, coordinated approach to Afghanistan. Uzbekistan is seeking to lead the way. While the focus on ...

ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) carried out at least 19 terrorist attacks, targeting Hazara and Shia ... widespread unemployment, poverty and food insecurity. Challenges for Afghanistan in 2025 include ...

Hazaras form a majority of the population in the central highland region of Afghanistan known as Hazarajat, and are a significant minority in the cities of Kabul and Mazar-i Sharif. 2 Most are ...

A Hazara Afghan family ... Taleban are home to Bamiyan's poverty-stricken who have nowhere else to go. The ancient caves lining the Bamiyan valley in central Afghanistan were originally used ...

Hostilities between Pakistan and Afghanistan escalated, with Pakistan conducting airstrikes on Afghan territory in response to attacks by the Pakistani Taliban. The Afghan Taliban rounded out the year ...

Embassies were shuttered and the US warned its citizens to “limit” their movements. The demonstrators, mostly of the Hazara ethnicity, are calling for the proposed Tutap ...

The Hazaras are an ethnic group of Shia Muslims originally from central Afghanistan, but have fled repeated persecution, including at the hands of the Taliban, for safety in countries including ...

Zafar Nawaz Jaspal (IR Expert): It is a good development that Pakistan and other regional stakeholders have initiated a dialogue with the Taliban for the formation of an inclusive government in ...