Experts suggest the Eid address serves multiple purposes: rallying domestic support, discouraging dissent, and messaging the international community ahead of potential future talks. With Akhundzada rarely appearing publicly and operating primarily from Kandahar, his sermons remain key vehicles for policy direction.
For many refugees, the decision of whether to return involves weighing deep emotional ties to ancestral places against the practical realities of life.
For many refugees, the decision of whether to return involves weighing deep emotional ties to ancestral places against the practical realities of life.