Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east. Occupying 652,864 square kilometers (252,072 sq mi) of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains in the north and the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. Kabul is the country's capital and largest city. Afghanistan's population is estimated to be between 35 and 50 million.
Beyond's analysis on Afghanistan
- — Germany's deportation of 23 Afghans highlights its strict return policy, potentially affecting diplomatic ties and signaling firmer asylum enforcement to markets monitoring political risk
- — Taliban's five‑year anniversary celebration highlights ongoing governance challenges and humanitarian concerns in Afghanistan
- — Taliban mark five years since Afghanistan takeover with helicopter flower drops and motorcades in Kabul
- — Five years after the Taliban takeover, Afghanistan faces deepening humanitarian collapse with widespread hunger and erasure of women from public life
- — Afghan women-led small businesses emerge as a fragile but vital economic lifeline under Taliban rule, signaling grassroots resilience amid systemic oppression
- — Pakistan’s renewed strikes on Afghan targets heighten regional instability and raise business risks for cross‑border trade and logistics
- — Pakistan’s renewed strikes on Afghan targets heighten regional security risks that could disrupt trade and investment flows
- — Pakistan’s cross-border strikes in Afghanistan heighten regional instability, threatening trade routes and energy markets
- — EU opens direct talks with Taliban to facilitate increased deportations to Afghanistan, shifting migration policy and potentially impacting EU spending on repatriation and related contracts
- — EU officials meet Taliban officials in Brussels to discuss migrant deportations to Afghanistan, marking a controversial shift in EU migration policy
- — Germany deported around 30 men to Afghanistan via Leipzig/Halle, raising EU diplomatic and human‑rights concerns
Recent news mentioning Afghanistan
- — Abflug von Leipzig/Halle: Sammelabschiebung nach Afghanistan - Fokus auf Straftäter
- — Abflug von Leipzig/Halle: Neue Sammelabschiebung nach Afghanistan
- — Five Years on, Washington Is Failing Afghanistan Again
- — Menschenrechte: Taliban feiern Machtübernahme in Afghanistan vor fünf Jahren
- — Menschenrechte: Taliban feiern Machtübernahme in Afghanistan vor fünf Jahren
- — Kleinunternehmer: Liegt Afghanistans Zukunft in der Arbeit der Frauen?
- — The Struggle to Build the TAPI Gas Pipeline Through Afghanistan
- — Kleinunternehmer: Liegt Afghanistans Zukunft in der Arbeit der Frauen?