On the International Day of the Girl Child, we would like to draw attention to the lives of Afghan women and girls under the Taliban regime. The Taliban have once again seized control of the Afghan government, replacing the one…
Continue reading What is Happening to the Rights of Women and Girls in Afghanistan?
The capital city of Afghanistan, Kabul, was overrun by the Taliban on the 15th of August 2021. However, to the surprise of many, there was very little to no resistance. The Afghan National Army did not put up much of…
Find Luke‘s other articles On Brussels here. The EU has a very new and very sudden problem: Afghanistan. In less than a fortnight, the Taliban has swept across the perpetually unstable country, taking city after city. On 15 August, the militia reached…
Afghanistan has been in conflict since 1978. In 1979 the Soviets invaded, to prop up the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. When they left ten years later, a lengthy and brutal civil war followed (or rather continued), in which different factions…
Continue reading Is the War in Afghanistan Finally Coming to a Close?
Citizens always expect the best from their leaders. They hope that their leaders will provide them with food, security, health and other basic necessities. However, if they fail to deliver, public sentiment will gradually start to change, which could result…
Continue reading Corruption and mismanagement: a threat to democracy in South Asia
