Afghanistan

Najibullah Seddiqi reopened his closed oxygen factory and now refills 200 to 300 small cylinders a day free for COVID-19 patients.

In just over 10 weeks, amid a pandemic, a dozen attacks deliberately targeted healthcare workers or services in Afghanistan. 

U.S. policy toward Afghanistan has been short-sighted and ill-conceived for decades.

Can the Taliban really be expected to sever all ties with al-Qaeda?

The Diplomat's Catherine Putz explains the state of the February 2020 U.S.-Taliban agreement.

India’s engagement with, or rather estrangement from, the Taliban is being debated more intensely.

With a capacity to test only 2,000 people per day, Afghan health authorities are receiving between 10,000 and 20,000 samples each day.

The new trilateral fits into existing efforts to increase regional cooperation and integrate Afghanistan’s into Central Asian thinking.

A broken-down health system, slow government response and public attitudes have left Afghanistan deeply vulnerable to the global pandemic. 

Some Afghans find themselves trapped in a dangerous, endless cycle of migration in a search for work, safety, and a better life. 

There are hopes that the prisoner release could lead to new reductions in violence.