This interview with Zalmai Nishat, the Founder and Executive Chair of Mosaic Global Foundation was originally published in The Narrative 360 on 4 July 2025. This is the second part of ’10 Questions for’ with Zalmai Nishat

On 28 July 2022, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution, spearheaded by Turkmenistan and endorsed by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, declaring Central Asia a Zone of Peace, Trust, and Cooperation.

The Middle East is once again in danger of exploding, with massive global geopolitical and economic implications. The leader who bears most responsibility for this is undoubtedly Benjamin Netanyahu.

Zalmai Nishat’s reflection an International Conference on “Girls' Education in Muslim Communities: Challenges and Opportunities” in January 2025, co-hosted The Muslim World League (MWL), which promogulated the Islamabad Declaration.

Keeping track of recent developments in the international scene regarding the appalling situation of human rights in general in Afghanistan, and the situation of women in particular, is necessary to keep abreast of the fast-paced changes. Three parallel developments are of notice in the international legal scene.

The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, held a two-day UN-sponsored summit in Doha between 18-19 of February. Present in this summit were more than two dozen nations’ special envoys on Afghanistan and a number of international organisations.

In an unprecedented move, the British Parliament has started looking into the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan by holding a Parliamentary Inquiry on Gender Apartheid.