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America has turned its back on Afghanistan once more. Washington needs to reverse course and stand with ordinary Afghans.

July 14, 2025

U.S. humanitarian aid cuts since January have left hospitals unable to serve patients and hunger surging across Afghanistan, leading critics to charge that America has again abandoned the country and urging policymakers to reverse course. According to a Wall Street Journal report, operations at more than 420 health facilities had been suspended or terminated by […]

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America lost the war, shattered Afghanistan — now it wants its weapons back?

April 12, 2025

More than three years after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the debate over the military equipment left behind has resurfaced. With Pakistan urging Washington to address the flow of American-made arms now in Taliban hands, calls have intensified for the return or reclamation of these weapons. But the argument that the United States should reclaim […]

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Time for Kabul to take responsibility and welcome back its citizens

April 10, 2025

Pakistan has every right to expect Afghanistan to take responsibility for its own citizens. Over the past week alone, more than 8,900 Afghans have been deported from Pakistan as part of an intensified campaign to repatriate illegal migrants, according to the UN Refugee Agency. This is not a surprise. Pakistan has been signaling its intent […]