Tag: Afghanistan

Afghanistan. The Media Embrace the Martyrdom of Afghan Women (Peter Isackson, Fair Observer)

How long will it take to understand what “politics as usual” means in Afghanistan? Following the Taliban’s near-complete takeover of the country, there are...

Afghanistan/USA. After Afghanistan, How Probable Is Peace? (Peter Isackson, Fair Observer)

As the world speculates about the future of Afghanistan, some key figures in the West — with a vested interest in how things evolve militarily...

India-Afghanistan. India’s Failure to Help Afghan Friends is a Strategic Liability (Constantino Xavier, CSEP)

In March 1990, an Indian Air Force IL-76 took off from Trincomalee, in eastern Sri Lanka, en route to Mauritius. On board was Tamil...

Afghanistan. Who Will Run the Taliban Government? (Crisis Group)

The Taliban announced an “interim” cabinet on 7 September, their first step since taking power on 15 August toward forming a government and signalling...

Afghanistan. Why Afghan nation-building was always destined to fail (Gareth Price, Chatham House)

The creation of a façade of a state in Afghanistan which melted away the moment international support was withdrawn has been interpreted as showing...

Afghanistan/USA. Corruption and Self-Dealing in Afghanistan and Other U.S.-Backed Security Sectors (Jodi Vittori, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

In the wake of Kabul’s fall, it is worth asking: How did corruption help lead to the collapse of the Afghan security forces and...

Afghanistan/Future World. Three Lessons from a Two-Decade Failure (Javier Solana, Project-Syndicate)

The debacle in Afghanistan this summer confirmed what many have long suspected: that much of the West’s foreign policy since the September 11, 2001,...

Afghanistan/USA. Remembering the Gains of the Afghanistan War (Daniel Byman, Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare)

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen secure an area in Afghanistan, Nov. 7, 2012, (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/791522/pararescue-afghanistan/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder/United States Air Force) The end of a war is...

Afghanistan/USA. The evacuation of Afghan refugees is over. Now what? (Elizabeth Ferris, Brookings)

The dramatic scenes from Kabul Airport of desperate Afghans seeking to escape reverberated around the world. The U.S., other governments, and a hodge-podge assortment...

Afghanistan. Sanctions alone won’t tame the Taliban (Brian O’Toole, Atlantic Council)

After two decades of conflict in Afghanistan, it’s difficult to imagine Western powers resorting to military intervention against the Taliban, even if the group...

TechInnovation/USA/Afghanistan. Lessons learned from the government’s failure to understand technology’s power (Shane Tews, AEI)

Taliban soldiers stand in front of protesters during a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 7, 2021, via Reuters Following the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan,...

Afghanistan/Israel/Iran. The Real Lesson of the Afghanistan Debacle (Jonathan Ariel, BESA Center)

Afghanistan has proved once again that even a superpower cannot win a war against a proxy as long as it refuses to confront the...

Afghanistan/Pakistan. Taliban Victory Threatens to Be a Double-Edged Sword for Pakistan (James M. Dorsey, ORF)

Taliban in Afghanistan, image via Tasnim News CC Pakistani efforts to exploit the Taliban victory in Afghanistan threaten to reinforce ultra-conservative inclinations in Pakistan itself,...

Afghanistan. The economics of the Taliban takeover (Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy, ORF)

The speedy collapse of the Afghan security forces and the tactical offensive of the Taliban has been an intensely discussed issue amongst scholars and...

Afghanistan/Bangladesh. Brewing apprehensions: Bangladesh watchful of Taliban (Sohini Bose, ORF)

Three decades ago, a haunting slogan,“We will all join Taliban, Bangladesh will turn into Afghanistan”, chanted by Islamist extremists in their street demonstrations, echoed...

Afghanistan/Central Asia. Resurgent Taliban and its implications on Central Asia (Ayjaz Wani, ORF)

The dramatic siege of Afghanistan by the Taliban has posed serious questions about the stability, security, geostrategy, and geopolitics of the Central Asia Republics...