The proposed “Moscow-format” talks advance Russia’s interests in Afghanistan.

If Islamabad helped facilitate the recently concluded ceasefire, what’s stopping it from helping arrange a long-term ceasefire?

Recent exchanges, and the involvement of China and the US, hints that this time may be different.

Much of the Taliban’s armory comes from American equipment given to the Afghan military and police.

The Taliban's announced ceasefire represents a tentative move toward peace. Will it hold?

The gathering of about 2,000 Muslim scholars and clerics had endorsed a fatwa against the war, calling suicide bombings a sin.

M. Ashraf Haidari explores the challenges and opportunities facing the peace process.

By embracing a hardline anti-Taliban strategy, Saudi Arabia hopes to force the Taliban to abandon its military ambitions.

The Taliban should heed a grassroots movement demanding an end to civilian casualties.

President Trump’s unpredictable foreign policy means tough times for Afghanistan.

It’s said Afghanistan’s special forces have never lost a battle, but what do they think of the war?

The U.S. is right to refuse to talk directly with a divided Taliban, as an Afghan-led peace process is necessary.

Civilian deaths in Afghanistan shouldn’t be treated as simple statistics that no one wants to talk about.

There's coal in them thar Afghan hills.

Mehsud Taliban leader Khan Said Sajna is reported dead in a drone strike.

Competing regional interests have only intensified Afghanistan’s security miseries.