The Afghan Eye
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The Afghan Eye is an independent, Afghan-led platform dedicated to Afghans reclaiming and leading the discussion on Afghanistan. We critique and provide a counter-narrative to all issues Afghan.
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S3E1 Revealed: Pakistan’s Plot to Drag The US Back Into Afghanistan | The Afghan Eye Podcast
In the opening episode of Season 3 of The Afghan Eye Podcast, host Sangar Paykhar is joined by analyst Ahmed-Waleed Kakar to examine newly disclosed US lobbying records that raise serious questions…
S2E22 Pakistan’s Military, Islam, and the Theatre of Authority | The Afghan Eye Podcast
In this episode of the Afghan Eye Podcast, host Sangar Paykhar is joined by Afghan Eye’s in-house historian Ahmed-Waleed Kakar to examine a revealing speech by Pakistan’s most powerful general, Asim…
S2E21 India, Afghanistan and Pakistan: Power, Pragmatism and the Taliban | Afghan Eye Podcast
In this episode of the Afghan Eye Podcast, Sangar Paykhar speaks with Indian strategic analyst Sushant Sareen about the rapidly shifting geopolitics of South Asia.The conversation examines India’s…
S2E20 Adil Raja on the Pakistani Military, Afghanistan & Regional Power | The Afghan Eye Podcast
In this episode of the Afghan Eye Podcast, Sangar Paykhar speaks with retired Pakistani Army Major Adil Raja for a rare, wide-ranging conversation on power, policy, and politics in Pakistan, and what…
S2E19 Afghanistan's Long Shadow Over Pakistan’s Identity Crisis | Afghan Eye Podcast
In this episode, Sangar Paykhar speaks with Ahmad-Waleed Kakar, about his latest article exploring Pakistan’s deepening identity crisis. Triggered by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s remark calling…
S2E18 Muhammed Enes On How Turkey Really Sees Afghanistan and Pakistan | The Afghan Eye Podcast
In this episode of the Afghan Eye Podcast, Sangar Paykhar speaks with Muhammed Enes, Chief Editor of MEPA News, about how Turkish foreign policy understands Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the shifting…
S2E17 Scott Horton on Post-War Afghanistan, Pakistan, and America’s Role | The Afghan Eye Podcast
In this episode of the Afghan Eye Podcast, host Sangar Paykhar speaks with American author and broadcaster Scott Horton, for a deep dive into the shifting geopolitical landscape of post-US-withdrawal…
S2E16 Waqas Ahmed on Pakistan’s Constitutional Coup and the Rise of Asim Munir
In this Afghan Eye Podcast episode, host Sangar Paykhar speaks with Pakistani investigative journalist Waqas Ahmed about the 27th Constitutional Amendment, a move that could fundamentally reshape…
S2E15 Pakistan, Trump, and the Road to the Afghanistan–Pakistan War
In this Afghan Eye Podcast, journalist Ali Mustafa joins Sangar Paykhar to explain how Pakistan’s military courted Donald Trump and how that diplomacy helped set the stage for today’s looming…
S2E14 Kabul City's Water Crisis | Sayedmuhammad Sulimankhil
Kabul’s water is vanishing and no one is coming to help. In this episode of the Afghan Eye Podcast, host Sangar Paykhar speaks with environmental activist Sayedmuhammad Sulimankhil, co-founder of…
S2E13 India’s Afghanistan Strategy EXPLAINED | Dr Shanthie D’Souza
In this episode, host Sangar Paykhar sits down with renowned Indian scholar Dr Shanthie Mariet D’Souza to unpack India’s evolving strategy towards Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. With decades of fieldwork…
S2E12 Deported from Iran: The Untold Story of Afghan Returnees | Ali Latifi | The Afghan Eye Podcast
In this powerful episode of the Afghan Eye podcast, host Sangar Paykhar speaks with renown Afghan journalist Ali Latifi about the deepening crisis facing Afghan refugees expelled from Iran. With…
S2E11 Operation Sarbakaf’ and the Afghan-Pak Relations | Haq Nawaz Khan
Join host Sangar Paykhar on the Afghan Eye Podcast as he sits down with veteran journalist Haq Nawaz Khan to unpack the fallout from Pakistan’s recent “Operation Sarbakaf” in Bajaur’s Mamund region…
S2E10 Eldaniz Gusseinov | Termez Dialogue Charts Afghanistan’s Regional Revival
Join host Sangar Paykhar and Eurasian affairs analyst Eldaniz Gusseinov as they revisit the inaugural Termez Dialogue in southern Uzbekistan. In this episode, they explore how Afghanistan is poised…
S2E9 Analysing Shoigu's Visit and Its Impact on Afghan Relations
In this compelling episode of the Afghan Eye Podcast, host Sangar Paykhar sits down with Mir-Ali Askerov, a political scientist from the Higher School of Economics in Saint Petersburg, to discuss the…
S2E8 Afghanistan and BRICS: What the 16th Summit Means for Afghanistan's Global Position and Future
In this episode of the Afghan Eye podcast, hosts Sangar Paykhar and Ahmed-Waleed Kakar dive into the implications of Afghanistan’s attendance at the recent 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan. We discuss…
S2E8 Understanding Pakistan's Repeated Attacks on Afghanistan with Ali Mustafa
On 18th March 2024, Afghanistan's remote and southeastern Paktika province found itself subject to aerial bombardment. The airstrikes, carried out in the early hours of the morning, were conducted by…
S2E7 How Pakistan's Instability Impacts Afghanistan
Qatar again has served as the location for Afghanistan-centred gatherings. As a UN-convened conference kicked off, representatives from different countries, international bodies as well as Afghan…
S2E6 Is The Taliban's International Legitimacy Growing?
Pakistan concluding fiercely contested elections amidst turmoil and mass claims of irregularities is only the latest development in an eventful 2024. The year has been similarly eventful for…
S2E5 Reviewing 2023 and Afghan-Pakistan Relations | Ahmed-Waleed Kakar | The Afghan Eye Podcast, S.2 E.5
Amidst deteriorating relations between Kabul and Islamabad, news emerged on 18th December. The Afghan ambassador to Pakistan confirmed that an invitation had been extended to Pakistani politician…
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The Afghan Eye has published 54 episodes since June 2020, covering topics in History, Islam.
The Afghan Eye is currently sporadic with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 1h 6m.
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