Saudi Arabia’s increasingly anti-Taliban stance helps Riyadh consolidate its vital regional alliances and isolate Qatar.

The Taliban and Islamic State join forces to target Shiites in Afghanistan.

A visit to Afghan opium fields challenges the notion that the Taliban controls the lucrative trade.

There can be no peace without an Afghan-led peace process that involves regional stakeholders.

16 years later, the original rationale for the war on Afghanistan still holds true.

Without China's buy-in, any attempt to mediate between Afghanistan and Pakistan is doomed.

Bringing peace to Afghanistan will require renewed commitment from partners and neighbors.

Complex geopolitical rivalries make it unlikely that the Kabul Process will bring peace to Afghanistan.

New Delhi risks being sidelined in Afghanistan if it maintains its hard line.

Trump is considering sending more troops to Afghanistan, but that won't solve the underlying problems.

The group lacks one key asset: popular support from the Afghan people.

The Taliban seem determined to upgrade their strategy from 2016, posing a continued threat to provincial capitals.

Analysts continue to misjudge the potential threat posed by the Islamic State’s contingent in Afghanistan. They shouldn’t.

Today marks the two-year anniversary of ISIS’s new front in Afghanistan. Can the group consider its venture a success?

Local militias may be allied with the state now, but historically they have posed dangers to the central government.

How are the Taliban and Kabul faring in their diplomatic tug-of-war over Afghanistan's neighbors?