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Trump’s War of Illusions: Creating Conflicts to Resolve Them
How a quiet U.S.–Pakistan arrangement and Trump’s “deal-making” politics risk another cycle of chaos...
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Avoiding the Unwinnable War: Why the Afghanistan–Pakistan De-escalation Deserves Recognition
By: Tariq Jahan   Following Pakistan’s airstrikes on Kabul and other Afghan provinces on 9 October, the...
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Bombing Brotherhood: Pakistan’s ‘Good Taliban’ Strategy Backfiring
By Tariq Jahan   On the night of 9 October 2025, the skies above Kabul—the heart of Afghanistan—were...
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The Bagram Gamble: No Win for Afghanistan
By Shuaib Mehran and Tariq Jahan   Bagram Airfield has been more than a military facility. Built by...
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From Disaster to Diplomacy: How the Taliban Seek Opportunities in Crises
The start of September brought a series of earthquakes that flattened villages in eastern Afghanistan,...
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