Online Event | The Taliban’s Neighbourhood and Regional Diplomacy with Afghanistan With Crisis Group’s Ibraheem Bahiss and distinguished speakers Shivshankar Menon and Fatima Gailani. Moderated by PrakAsia. More information & registration: crisisgroup.org/how-we-work/ev…

🎧 NEW EPISODE | The Moscow Attack, Afghanistan’s Islamic State branch and the Ukraine War Richard Atwood talks with Jerome Drevon, Ibraheem Bahiss and Olya Oliker aka Dr. Olga Oliker (she/her) to discuss the ISIS-claimed attack in Moscow and the global threat ISIS and its affiliates pose. crisisgroup.org/europe-central…

On Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood talks with Jerome Drevon & Ibraheem Bahiss about how ISIS’s structure has evolved after losing its territory in Iraq and Syria and how much of a global threat it and its affiliates now pose. crisisgroup.org/europe-central…

In our new report, ‘Stopping Famine in Gaza’, we provide granular data through mapping and satellite imagery on the extent of the damage and destruction and the severity of the food insecurity crisis. Our key findings: 1/9 crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…

Qari Wazir Mohammad and his siblings, all with disabilities, are worried about their future after SCA’s activities were suspended. “Without their assistance, our lives are destroyed.” voanews.com/a/afghans-with…

“Although it has been critical of the presence of transnational jihadist groups in Afghanistan, Moscow has found a willing partner in the Taliban.” Ibraheem Bahiss explains Russia’s move to recognise the Taliban as the rightful Afghan government. crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asi…

A rigorously argued timely analysis by Ibraheem Bahiss that situates Russia’s recognition of the Taliban within broader regional dynamics. An essential contribution to understanding evolving diplomatic and security paradigms. crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asi…

As contacts with the Taliban intensify, more states could follow in Moscow’s footsteps, among them China. Some, like Uzbekistan, have already hinted that recognition of the Taliban government was “inevitable”. Ibraheem Bahiss crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asi…

When people start dying from starvation it comes as a flood, not a trickle. And it looks like it's already starting. crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…

"Afghanistan was on a timid recovery path. But four years after the Taliban retook power, it has been badly hit by aid cuts and an inflow of two million Afghans forced out of Iran and Pakistan" Important piece, with comments from Ibraheem Bahiss nytimes.com/2025/08/30/wor…