Afghanistan politics

The new government might have saved the Taliban from internal fracturing, but it has certainly made it harder for them to govern Afghanistan. 

A conversation about the last 20 years in Afghanistan.

Every year, parliament rejects the government budget. That's because there are serious flaws in the planning and budgeting process.

The attacks were just the latest to have taken place since the beginning of peace talks in September

Karim’s continued evasion exposes several uncomfortable truths for the Afghan authorities on the limits to power in a fractured country.

To solve the election stalemate and salvage peace talks with the Taliban, Afghanistan needs to rethink its all-powerful executive branch.

Afghanistan needs both a central government with a monopoly over the use of force and reforms which factor in the self-governance capabilities already found at the local level. 

6 potential pitfalls could upend talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban before they even begin.

The U.S. is ready to make peace with the Taliban. But can Afghanistan’s political factions come to terms with each other?

Without reform of its centralized political system, Afghanistan will remain mired in factionalism and civil conflict.

Even as a U.S.-Taliban peace deal is announced, Kabul is in the grips of a political crisis.