Madiha Afzal is an assistant professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, and a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.
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Pakistani students shout slogans against the attack on Bacha Khan University in Charsadda on January 25, 2016. Pakistan has pledged further action to combat militants, but Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif admitted progress had often been slow, speaking just days after a deadly attack by heavily armed gunmen on a university campus killed 21 people. AFP PHOTO / A MAJEED / AFP / A Majeed (Photo credit should read A MAJEED/AFP/Getty Images)
An activist of Pakistan Muslim League-Q holds oil lamps during a vigil for the victims of an attack by gunmen on a Shiite Ismaili minority bus, in Karachi on May 15, 2015. The United States offered to help Pakistan investigate a deadly Karachi bus attack which left 44 Shiite Ismailis dead, in the first assault in the country claimed by the Islamic State group. AFP PHOTO/ Asif HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)
In her role as administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Samantha Power is often thrust into the forefront of some of the world’s biggest crises. From working to ensu...Show morere that Russia honors a U.N.-brokered deal to ship grain from Ukraine to helping to figure out how to get aid to cash-strapped Sri Lanka, Power plays an important role in everyday U.S. foreign policy.
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Last summer, the United States decided to end its longest war. But just days after the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan, Kabul fell—and the Taliban took control of the country. Aug....Show more 15 will mark one year since the group has been in power.
How are Afghans coping with their new rulers? What are the internal policy spats within the Taliban? Has the international community done enough to assist Afghans? What does the future hold for the country?
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