Podcasts
Pakistan, Lobbying, and the Prospect of Another Afghan War
In the opening episode of Season 3, Ahmed-Waleed Kakar and Sangar Paykhar analyses newly disclosed US documents that appear to confirm long-held reports: Pakistan’s military establishment is lobbying Washington to reinsert itself into Afghanistan, using counterterrorism as pretext and regional instability as leverage.
India, Afghanistan and the Pakistan Question: A Regional Reset?
As Afghanistan–Pakistan tensions escalate and India cautiously re-engages Kabul, Afghan Eye editor Sangar Paykhar speaks with ORF Senior Fellow Sushant Sareen about power, pragmatism, and the future of South Asian geopolitics.
Inside Pakistan’s Power State: Adil Raja on Afghanistan, the Military, and the Myth of...
In a candid Afghan Eye Podcast interview, retired Major Adil Raja examines Pakistan’s military power, its approach to Afghanistan, and the regional costs of hybrid rule.
Afghanistan’s Long Shadow Over Pakistan’s Identity Crisis
In this episode of the Afghan Eye Podcast, Sangar Paykhar and Ahmad-Waleed Kakar explore Pakistan’s identity crisis through Khawaja Asif’s attack on Mahmud of Ghazni. The article explains how shifting myths, economic dependence and the rise of the Islamic Emirate in Kabul have pushed Pakistan to rethink its past, even as Afghanistan remains central to its story.
Turkey’s New Look at Afghanistan and Pakistan
In this episode of the Afghan Eye Podcast, host Sangar Paykhar speaks to MEPA News Chief Editor Muhammed Enes about how Turkish foreign policy...