Changing the name of the country from Islamic Republic to the Islamic Emirate; transforming the structure of the military and naming the army divisions after the prophet’s companion; allocating state resources to construct mosques in cities and highways; engineering the curriculum of schools and universities by adding more religious subjects; shifting the focus from secular-modern […]

Taliban’s major obstacles On August 15, 2023, two years completed of Taliban rule over Afghanistan, but they are facing certain issues. One of these issues is the continuation of the interim government struggling to replace it with a permanent government in Kabul. The second issue is that the Taliban were unable to secure recognition from

What is the next step for the international community regarding Afghanistan? This was a question asked from UN Secretary General in Doha, Qatar during the end of the conference on Afghanistan on May 02, 2023. In the video of the press conference posted on the UN website, it appears that Antonio Guterres did not have

After the disastrous US withdrawal from Afghanistan in December 2021 President Biden dodged journalists’ questions with the response, “I want to talk about happy things, man.” People like me thought Afghanistan would be off the American radar screen again like in the 1980s following the Soviet withdrawal.  We know what the consequence of that policy

Author: Jonathan Miller Two years ago, Sharif Hozoori was living in Kabul, working as a university professor and administrator and raising an infant son with his wife. He was glad to be backin his native country after many years away, first as a refugee, then as a student. Hozoori was part of a wave of educated

In the early morning of September 30, 2022, in the western part of Kabul mostly populated by the Hazara ethnic group, suicide bombers gunned down the gatekeepers to the Kaj Educational Center and then after entering the school detonated their bombs, killing 53 people, of whom 46 were girls, and injuring 110 (Afghanistan International, 2022).

On August 15, 2021, the Taliban seized control of Kabul, leading to the collapse of the Afghan government. This date holds different meanings for Afghans. Pro-Taliban factions refer to it as Jashn-i-Azadi, or the celebration of freedom, while for others, it is a dark day that shattered their hopes for a brighter future. The following

On Saturday, July 31 2022, the leader of Al-Qaida Ayman AL Zawahiri was killed by an American drone in the heart of Kabul, less than a kilometer from the Presidential Palace where the Prime Minister of the Taliban conducts cabinet meetings. Joe Biden, The President of the United States said: “justice has been delivered and

Haqqani, Abdulhakim (2022), Islamic Emirate and its System (Arabic):Darul uloom Shareeya On August 15, 2021, the Taliban seized control of the Afghan government that had been established in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, imposing their own regime. Since then, the economy has crumbled, poverty has deepened, a significant number of young people have fled