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Natiq Malikzada

Natiq Malikzada

The National Interest

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Pakistan’s Attacks and the World’s Silence Over Afghanistan

The illegitimacy of the Taliban does not mean that the fundamental rights of the Afghan people have been suspended.

26.03.2026 6

The Diplomat

Natiq Malikzada

Mojtaba Khamenei’s Long Road to Power

Mojtaba Khamenei’s Long Road to Power
20.03.2026 10

The National Interest

Natiq Malikzada

What’s Wrong with Iran’s Opposition?

27.01.2026 20

The National Interest

Natiq Malikzada

How Cash Flights to Kabul Help Iran and the Taliban

23.12.2025 10

The National Interest

Natiq Malikzada

The True Cost of Enforced Disappearances in Balochistan

Oppressive security laws and secret detentions are being used to silence people who have only asked for fair treatment on their own land.

15.10.2025 6

The Diplomat

Natiq Malikzada

The Case for an American Bagram Air Base

05.10.2025 6

The National Interest

Natiq Malikzada

Taliban Officials Are No Longer ‘Acting’

What does the the Taliban Supreme Leader’s order to drop the word “acting” before officials’ titles mean for Afghanistan?

20.08.2025 7

The Diplomat

Natiq Malikzada

Pakistan’s History of Terror

14.08.2025 5

The National Interest

Natiq Malikzada

Yes, Afghan Refugees Should Fear Repatriation

24.05.2025 6

The National Interest

Natiq Malikzada

What the Global North Can Learn From the Global South

The tumult now unsettling the Global North may be an unexpected opportunity through which a truer, less hierarchical human rights order might at last...

16.05.2025 8

The Diplomat

Natiq Malikzada