Afghan Studies Center

Pakistan’s foreign office said this week that there is currently no ceasefire in place with Afghanistan, as tensions surge b/w neighbors following renewed hostilities between them. @ImtiazGul60 @ELSAIMDAD @jyk_256 afghanstudiescenter.org/pakistan-says-…

Pakistan’s Trade Recalibration and the Afghanistan Factor matrixmag.com/pakistans-trad… @SameenaDurrani @ImtiazGul60 @CRSSpak @ASCenterPak #Pakistan #Trade #Economy #Geopolitics #GlobalTrade #Economics #CentralAsia #Afghanistan #IranTrade #CPEC #Gwadar #Balochistan #SouthAsia

Deputy foreign ministers from SCO member states met in #Moscow to discuss multilateral cooperation a& the situation in Afghanistan & the wider region. @ImtiazGul60 @ELSAIMDAD @jyk_256 @MFA_China @UNAMAnews afghanstudiescenter.org/sco-calls-for-…

Russia’s FM Sergey Lavrov warned that growing threats in Eurasia, including challenges linked to #Afghanistan & ongoing crises in #Middle East, are contributing to rising security risks across #CentralAsia & #Caucasus. @ImtiazGul60 @ELSAIMDAD @jyk_256 afghanstudiescenter.org/russia-warns-o…

The spokesperson for #IEA @Zabehulah_M33 has strongly denied claims that members of Taliban administration maintain ties with Al-Qaeda. @ImtiazGul60 @ELSAIMDAD @jyk_256 @UNAMAnews afghanstudiescenter.org/mujahid-reject…

Heavy rainfall and devastating #floods in recent weeks have upended the lives of hundreds of families in #Afghanistan. @ImtiazGul60 @ELSAIMDAD @jyk_256 @UNAMAnews afghanstudiescenter.org/deadly-floods-…

Afghan Women at the Crossroads of Conflict: Understanding the Gendered Impact of Pakistan–Afghanistan Escalation matrixmag.com/afghan-women-a… @SameenaDurrani @ImtiazGul60 @CRSSpak @ASCenterPak #AfghanistanConflict #afghanwomen #geopolitics #humanrights #Pakistan #Afghanistan

Peshawar High Court has temporarily restrained law enforcement agencies from deporting an Afghan family whose asylum case for resettlement in third country through @Refugees is pending. @ImtiazGul60 @ELSAIMDAD @jyk_256 afghanstudiescenter.org/peshawar-high-…

China concluded week of informal trilateral talks with Afg & Pak in Urumqi (April 1–7), signaling renewed push to institutionalize regional dialogue & coordination. @SpoxCHN_MaoNing said “terrorism is core issue affecting #PakAfgan relations.” @ImtiazGul60 afghanstudiescenter.org/urumqi-talks-a…

Violence in Balochistan rises by 104%, fatalities reach 13-year high, says @CRSSpak report. satp.org/terrorism-upda… @icmsatp @ImtiazGul60 @ASCenterPak

Security-centric policies and trade: How can Pakistan develop & engage in trade if its western&eastern neighbours remain closed,are subject to politically-induced suspensions, albeit intermittent? tribune.com.pk/story/2600931/… CRSS Executive Director @ImtiazGul60 for @etribune

Pakistan said that the burden of ending its conflict with Afghanistan lay with Kabul, as the two sides held preliminary talks to try to end hostilities. @ImtiazGul60 @ELSAIMDAD @jyk_256 @UNAMAnews afghanstudiescenter.org/pakistan-says-…

Pakistan & Afghanistan’s Taliban govts have resumed talks in #China, which is mediating b/w two sides to broker a durable ceasefire after more than a month of fighting. @ImtiazGul60 @ELSAIMDAD @jyk_256 @UNAMAnews afghanstudiescenter.org/pakistan-afgha…

Pakistan has temporarily reopened #Torkham border crossing to allow repatriation of #Afghan nationals, marking first such movement in months after prolonged tensions b/w #Islamabad & #kabul. @ImtiazGul60 @ELSAIMDAD @jyk_256 @UNAMAnews afghanstudiescenter.org/pakistan-reope…

#Pakistan has resumed its #military operations against #Afghanistan after a temporary pause in fighting ahead of Eid Al-Fitr festival. @ImtiazGul60 @ELSAIMDAD @jyk_256 afghanstudiescenter.org/pakistans-mili…

#Afghanistan’s new school year began on Thursday without #girls above grade six returning to classrooms, extending for a fifth straight year the #Taliban’s ban on secondary #education for girls. @ImtiazGul60 @ELSAIMDAD @jyk_256 afghanstudiescenter.org/afghanistan-op…

A group of clerics from #Pakistan & #Afghanistan on Tuesday appealed to authorities on both sides to extend the pause in hostilities which was announced for Eid-ul-Fitr to Eid-ul-Azha. @ImtiazGul60 @jyk_256 @ELSAIMDAD @UNAMAnews afghanstudiescenter.org/clerics-from-p…

Amid rising tensions between #Afghanistan & #Pakistan, #China has stepped forward to mediate & prevent further escalation of the conflict. @MFA_China @ImtiazGul60 @ELSAIMDAD @jyk_256 afghanstudiescenter.org/china-offers-t…

#China called for restraint & #dialogue amid rising regional tensions, saying diplomatic efforts are needed to prevent further escalation in both #Iran crisis & border clashes b/w #Afghanistan & #Pakistan. @MFA_China @ImtiazGul60 @ELSAIMDAD @jyk_256 afghanstudiescenter.org/china-urges-de…

Official sources dismissed on Tuesday reports that three-member delegation sent by government was holding talks with #AfghanTaliban in #Kabul amid #border tensions. @ImtiazGul60 @ELSAIMDAD @jyk_256 @UNAMAnews afghanstudiescenter.org/official-sourc…