Tag: Afghanistan

Iran/Afghanistan. Iran and the Taliban (Erfan Fard, BESA Center)

Iranian clergymen, including Ebrahim Raisi, image via Wikimedia Commons The US invaded Afghanistan in 2001 to overthrow the Taliban regime and al-Qaeda after the 9/11 attacks....

Afghanistan. Afghanistan in the Grip of Sanctions (Ivan Timofeev, Valdai Discussion Club)

The Taliban leaders will try to change the image of the organisation, to convince the international community that it is striving to break with...

Iran/Afghanistan. Iran’s Policy Toward the Taliban (Farhad Ibrahimov, Valdai Discussion Club)

Tehran has not yet worked out a solution and cannot answer the main question for itself: is it worth recognising the Taliban at all? However, what the Islamic...

Afghanistan/Central Asia/Eurasia. Central Asia and Eurasia after the Fall of Kabul (Glenn Diesen, Valdai Discussion Club)

The fall of Kabul will have profound implications for Central Asia and wider Eurasia — presenting both risks and opportunities. The risks associated with the Taliban...

USA/Afghanistan. State Dept. Working ‘at the Highest Levels’ to Clear Mazar-i-Sharif Charter Aircraft (Tara Copp, Defense One)

Military vehicles run in Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of northern Balkh province, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2021. KAWA BASHARAT/XINHUA VIA GETTY IMAGES U.S. State Department officials acknowledged Tuesday that...

China/Afghanistan. China’s Future Road to Afghanistan (Soumya Awasthi, VIF)

The lightning speed with which the Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, has enthralled the experts around the globe. There are lot of...

Afghanistan/Turkey/Iran. Turkish and Iranian Response to Upheaval in Afghanistan (Md. Muddassir Quamar, IDSA)

The chaotic end of the US military mission has raised serious questions about the future of Afghanistan. The Taliban are back in the saddle...

China/Afghanistan. Beijing’s Strategic Moments with Taliban: Policy, Strategy and Worldview (Jagannath P. Panda, IDSA)

The future of geo-political security and power-balancing in the Middle-East/West Asia and regions adjacent to South and Central Asia is at present being drawn...

Afghanistan/Europe. Why Afghanistan was not a failure of European strategic autonomy (Ulrike Franke, ECFR)

German forces near Camp Marmal during a patrol outside of Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan November 2009 Image byResoluteSupportMedia The war in Afghanistan is over – at least for...

Afghanistan. Google locks Afghan gov’t emails to keep from Taliban: Report (Al Jazeera)

Taliban will attempt to control US-built digital infrastructure for the weal of information it will have Google has temporarily locked down an unspecified number...

Afghanistan. Taliban claims ‘complete capture’ of Afghanistan’s Panjshir (Al Jazeera)

If the Taliban claim is confirmed, it would mean that the group now has complete control over all 34 provinces of Afghanistan The Taliban...

Afghanistan/India/China. Using Afghanistan against China dead-end for India (Global Times)

Illustration: Tang Tengfei/GT India's concern over the US' debacle in Afghanistan is drawing renewed attention with growing pessimism toward the South Asian nation's loss of...

Afghanistan. Transfers of major arms to Afghanistan between 2001 and 2020 (Siemon T. Wezeman and Alexandra Kuimova, SIPRI)

Afghan National Army (ANA) students remove the turret on a US-supplied ASV-150/M-1117 armoured vehicle as part of maintenance training, 2013. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/SGT Kent...

Afghanistan. The Taliban’s chance (Andrea Schmitz, Christian Wagner, SWP)

The Taliban will find a more favourable international environment in Afghanistan today than when they first took power 25 years ago. With support from...

Afghanistan. The root cause of ‘Western’ failure in Afghanistan (Seán Golden, CIDOB)

A better understanding of tribal cultures and strategic theories based on them might have prevented errors in Afghanistan and better explained the Taliban victory...

Afghanistan. A new regional “great game” in and around Afghanistan ? (David Criekemans, Clingendael)

The commander of the Kabul Military Training Center introduces in 2011 then US Vice President Joe Biden to Afghan recruits. © NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan...