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At the border camp in Islam Qala, western Afghanistan, Fatima steps off the bus with her three children into blistering heat and a collapsed country. She is one of 800,000 Afghans forcibly returned from Iran in the last six months — victims not only of regional crackdowns but of their own government’s failure to build

Afghanistan is slipping further into crisis as international aid dries up and the Taliban-led government fails to fulfill its promises of reform, peace, and basic rights. Following the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, billions in foreign aid were suspended — most notably by the United States and European countries — over concerns about

Militant groups including the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Hafiz Gul Bahadar Group, and Lashkar-e-Islam continue to operate freely in various parts of Afghanistan, raising serious regional security concerns. Many of these groups have established safe havens in the southern districts, with a significant number of their members reportedly Afghan nationals. Sources

The Taliban government’s latest move signals a sharp escalation in its authoritarian control over Afghan society, particularly the press. Pro-Taliban broadcaster “DariChah” reported that the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice had detained Abuzar Sarim Sarpolai, head of three media outlets. The Taliban accused these media organizations of “spreading moral corruption”