Tag: Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Woes Will Haunt America (Reza Parchizadeh, BESA Center)

Taliban, image by ifpnews CC The American decision to leave Afghanistan to lessen the burden on the domestic economy, protect US troops, boost the nation’s...

Afghanistan Has Lessons for the Gulf (James M. Dorsey, BESA Center)

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, image via Wikimedia Commons The Gulf states will closely monitor the way Russia and China handle the perceived security vacuum...

Economic sanctions on Afghanistan must end, humanitarian aid is of great urgency: Chinese FM Wang Yi (Global Times)

Afghan people stand in line to get money at Aziz Bank in Kabul Afghanistan on September 21,2021. Photo: CFP Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister...

Afghanistan’s health care system on brink of collapse: Tedros (UN News)

WHO/Lindsay Mackenzie. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (centre) speaks to hospital staff at the Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan National Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. The development came as the...

The fall of Afghanistan and its implications for China (Stefanie Kam, East Asia Forum)

The political vacuum left in the wake of the US exit from Afghanistan and swift Taliban takeover is likely to embolden jihadi militant groups,...

Afghanistan: una narrazione diversa per le scelte decisive della comunità internazionale (Maurizio Delli Santi, Analisi Difesa)

 Nei discussi accordi di Doha c’ era una condizione che è sfuggita ai più, ma che è assolutamente fondamentale ricordare: un comma vincolava la...

For 20 Years in Afghanistan, Ignorance Was Bliss (Peter Isackson, Fair Observer)

The war in Afghanistan is over, but the commentary on what it was all about and where it leaves us is just beginning. The...

Afghanistan: Several dead as blasts rock Jalalabad and Kabul (Al Jazeera)

Taliban members inspect an area near the site of a blast in Jalalabad At least seven people have been killed and some 30 wounded...

Culprits of Afghan crisis seeking to create misunderstandings between neighbors: JI leader (IRNA)

The foreign policy director of Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan's top religious party, stressing the importance of the role of Tehran and Islamabad to help bring peace...

Iran, Tajikistan stress establishing inclusive gov’t in Afghanistan (IRNA)

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Tajik counterpart Sirojiddin Muhriddin in a meeting emphasized the need for an inclusive government in Afghanistan with...

Afghanistan and Its Implications for Israel and the Palestinians (Shaul Bartal, BESA Center)

The Palestinian cheers over the “Afghan mujahedeen victory over the American Crusaders” create the impression that in their view, the Taliban are a worthy...

Apology ‘not enough’, say survivors of US drone attack in Kabul (Al Jazeera)

People inspect the damage at the Ahmadi family's house in Kabul A day after the United States military admitted that a drone attack in...

Taliban replaces ministry for women with ‘guidance’ ministry (Al Jazeera)

A Taliban fighter stands guard as Afghan women shout slogans during a protest in Kabul Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have set up a ministry for...

The Atlantic Alliance After Afghanistan (Gunther Hellmann, Charles A. Kupchan, Project-Syndicate)

The transatlantic alliance is enjoying a period of restoration following the damage done by former US President Donald Trump. But as the West’s messy...

Xi urges eradication of terrorism forces in Afghanistan (Global Times)

Taliban fighters stand guard at an entrance gate outside the Interior Ministry in Kabul on Tuesday. Photo: AFP Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called...

US apologizes for Kabul strike, views it as ‘horrible mistake’ — Pentagon chief (TASS)

The United States apologizes for the US drone strike in Kabul on August 29 and will try to learn lessons from this "horrible mistake,"...