Afghanistan Faces Multitude of Challenges in 2025

The year just ended was a tumultuous one for Afghanistan, marked by many significant events that will continue to challenge the country in 2025.   ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) carried out at least 19 terrorist attacks, targeting Hazara and Shia civilians, Sufi adherents, foreign nationals and Taliban officials. One notable incident was the assassination of Khalil Rahman Haqqani, a senior Taliban leader and brother of the late Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the Haqqani Network. The United Nations (U.N.) reported rising insecurity in…