Our Research & Publications
Operation Zarb-e-Azb: Can it ensure stability in Afghanistan-Pakistan region?
Jul 07, 2014 By: Hekmatullah Azamy, Research Analyst Government of Pakistan, on 15 June 2014, launched operation ‘Zarb-e-Azb’ in North Waziristan
How Afghanistan’s Presidential elections will be Free, Fair and Flawed
Oct 01, 2013 By Mayank Bubna, Research Fellow Election coverage for Afghanistan’s presidential post has long been anticipatory in nature –
Roads to Peace in Afghanistan – Fighting for Peace
Oct 01, 2013By Hekmatullah Azamy, Research Analyst The last 12 years of fighting has taught all players involved in the Afghan
Intercultural Dialogue in Afghanistan: A Silver Bullet?
May 26, 2013 By Hekmat K. Karzai, Director The phrase intercultural dialogue is a relatively new phrase in the English lexicon
Weighing the Cost of the BSA in the Domestic and Neighbourhood Contexts (Part II)
May 14, 2013 By Mallory Sutika Sipus, Senior Research Analyst As negotiations remain on-going for the US-Afghan Bilateral Security Agreement, recent
Governance Issues in Afghanistan
May 14, 2013 By Mujib R. Abid, Researcher 1.Introduction: Governance in Afghanistan has had serious downfalls and is suffering from rampant
Neo-liberal State-building and Displacement of the Afghan State
Jan 16, 2013 By Dr Zubair Popalzai, Deputy Head of Research The post-Taleban state-building exercise in Afghanistan facilitated and led by
US-Afghan Security Agreement: Competing Notions of Sovereignty? (Part I)
Jan 16, 2013 By Mallory Sutika Sipus, Senior Research Analyst On 2 May 2012, US President Barak Obama and President Hamid
Latest News
Qureshi Says Taliban Will Keep Daesh Out of Afghanistan: Media
(TOLO News): Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said during a press conference that the Afghan
Herat conflicts, Special Forces deployed to suppress Taliban- Report
(KHAAMA Press): After the Taliban fighter entered the provincial capital of western Herat province on Friday
Taliban Attacks Repulsed in Takhar
(BNA): Twenty-two Taliban insurgents were killed in clashes between the Taliban and security and defense forces
66 Taliban Terrorists Killed in Herat Airstrike
(BNA): 66 Taliban insurgents were killed in an airstrike in Herat last night. Fawad Aman, Deputy
Govt Sends More Troops to Herat as Clashes Intensify
(TOLO News): The government deployed more forces to the western city of Herat on Sunday a
Deputy minister of interior in Herat with special forces to repel Taliban
(ATN News): Abdul Rahman Rahman, Senior Deputy Minister of Interior, on Sunday arrived in Herat province
Taliban Sustained Casualties in Badakhshan
(BNA): Twenty-one Taliban insurgent was killed yesterday evening in Yawan district of Badakhshan. The 217th Pamir
Afghan, Turkish Defense Ministers Discuss Security of Kabul International Airport
(BNA): During a phone talk with Minister of Defense of Afghanistan Besmillah Mohamadi, Turkey’s Defense Minister
About CAPS
Located in Kabul, Afghanistan, CAPS is an independent, research centre that strives to conduct action-oriented research which will influence policy-makers. It works diligently towards building local capacity to produce conflict and threat assessments that will influence the safety and security of the people serving the governments, and international aid organizations.
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