Rustam Seerat
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"Cultural exchange flows in both directions. An example is the term akhund (clergyman) in Farsi, which was imported from the Chinese word for imam–ahong (阿訇) – likely from the languages of the Hui people sometime between the 13th and 16th centuries via Central Asian Turkic intermediary languages.
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Cultural exchange flows in both directions. An example is the term akhund (clergyman) in Farsi, which was imported from the Chinese word for imam–ahong (阿訇) – likely from the languages of the Hui people sometime between the 13th and 16th centuries via Central Asian Turkic intermediary languages.
In this piece, I argue that the Taliban regime faces the same balancing problem the previous rulers faced; it is the same game with new players.
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Old Game, New Players: Taliban Balances between China and the United States | Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies
snu.edu.in
September 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
In this piece, I argue that the Taliban regime faces the same balancing problem the previous rulers faced; it is the same game with new players.
snu.edu.in/centres/cent...
snu.edu.in/centres/cent...
I’ve just published a new policy paper with the
@fnfreiheit.bsky.social
📘 Afghanistan’s Political Transformation: A Roadmap for the EU
It looks at the Taliban’s rule since 2021 and offers 5 key recommendations for Europe.
👉 Read here: freiheit.org/publikation/...
#Afghanistan #EU #Policy
@fnfreiheit.bsky.social
📘 Afghanistan’s Political Transformation: A Roadmap for the EU
It looks at the Taliban’s rule since 2021 and offers 5 key recommendations for Europe.
👉 Read here: freiheit.org/publikation/...
#Afghanistan #EU #Policy
AFGHANISTAN’S POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION: A ROADMAP FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION
This policy paper analyses Afghanistan’s political transformation since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021. It highlights the regime’s systematic dismantling of democratic institutions, reve...
freiheit.org
September 23, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I’ve just published a new policy paper with the
@fnfreiheit.bsky.social
📘 Afghanistan’s Political Transformation: A Roadmap for the EU
It looks at the Taliban’s rule since 2021 and offers 5 key recommendations for Europe.
👉 Read here: freiheit.org/publikation/...
#Afghanistan #EU #Policy
@fnfreiheit.bsky.social
📘 Afghanistan’s Political Transformation: A Roadmap for the EU
It looks at the Taliban’s rule since 2021 and offers 5 key recommendations for Europe.
👉 Read here: freiheit.org/publikation/...
#Afghanistan #EU #Policy
This week, as earthquakes tore through eastern Afghanistan, the Taliban issued a nationwide directive to clerics: tell worshippers the disaster happened because of their sins.
Instead of mobilizing real disaster relief, they turned Friday sermons into lectures on repentance.
Instead of mobilizing real disaster relief, they turned Friday sermons into lectures on repentance.
From Tragedy to Theology: How the Taliban Turn Earthquakes into Sermons on Sin
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has shaken Afghanistan as the death toll from the devastating quake on Sunday rose to more than 2,200.
medium.com
September 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This week, as earthquakes tore through eastern Afghanistan, the Taliban issued a nationwide directive to clerics: tell worshippers the disaster happened because of their sins.
Instead of mobilizing real disaster relief, they turned Friday sermons into lectures on repentance.
Instead of mobilizing real disaster relief, they turned Friday sermons into lectures on repentance.
On 1 September, an earthquake devastated Kunar province, burying entire families under the rubble of mud-brick homes. Nearly three-quarters of the victims are women and children.
But the tragedy is not only natural — it is political.
But the tragedy is not only natural — it is political.
September 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
On 1 September, an earthquake devastated Kunar province, burying entire families under the rubble of mud-brick homes. Nearly three-quarters of the victims are women and children.
But the tragedy is not only natural — it is political.
But the tragedy is not only natural — it is political.
November 29, 2024 at 3:54 AM