{"id":3110,"date":"2025-12-11T08:50:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/12\/11\/islamabad-think-tank-afghanistan-taliban-security\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T08:50:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:50:18","slug":"islamabad-think-tank-afghanistan-taliban-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/12\/11\/islamabad-think-tank-afghanistan-taliban-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamabad Think Tank Hosts Forum on Afghanistan&#8217;s Evolving Situation and Regional Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Islamabad Institute of Strategic Studies announced on Thursday, December 10, that it had held a forum focusing on the evolving situation in Afghanistan and regional relations. According to the institute\u2019s statement, the event featured Daniel Markey, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center specializing in China and South Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Participants at the forum discussed U.S.-Pakistan relations, the ongoing transformation in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, and the broader regional and global strategic outlook. These discussions were part of regional analytical institutions&#8217; efforts to understand the political and security consequences of developments in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The Stimson Center, based in Washington, D.C., is considered a reputable research institution in the fields of security and foreign policy. Daniel Markey, a prominent figure at the center, has previously held talks with Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan\u2019s special envoy for Afghanistan, on the country\u2019s security status and engagement with the Taliban administration.<\/p>\n<p>Observers believe that the focus of such discussions by international research organizations reflects growing concern within the global community over Afghanistan&#8217;s security and humanitarian situation\u2014conditions that under Taliban rule have faced numerous challenges, including isolation, human rights violations, and widespread restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad think tank hosts forum on Afghanistan&#8217;s situation under Taliban rule, with experts discussing regional and global strategic implications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}