Afghanistan politics

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.

A winner has been declared in the Afghan election, but the losers are crying foul.

Over four months after voting on the next president, Afghanistan finally has declared a winner.

From 2010 to 2020, the Taliban insurgency picked up steam while Afghanistan’s institutional dysfunction deepened.

Daily newspaper Etilaat Roz makes an impact in the chaotic Afghan democracy.