Tag: Afghanistan

Afghanistan. A call for leadership? (Ritu Mathur, ORF)

Another great power retreats from Afghanistan. This embarrassing exercise for the United States of America (US) raises several important questions with regard to its...

Afghanistan. With Afghanistan, control is much harder than victory (Gareth Price, Chatham House)

While some of Afghanistan’s neighbours – China and Iran particularly, along with Russia – may enjoy the West’s discomfort, the Taliban’s takeover is unlikely...

Afghanistan/USA/UK/NATO/Europe. Facing reality is painful for the US and its allies (Chatham House)

Experts from across Chatham House analyse the strategic and intelligence failures in Afghanistan, and the lasting effects on the US, UK, NATO and the...

Afghanistan/Central Asia. Do the Taliban Pose a Threat to Stability in Central Asia? (Temur Umarov, Carnegie Moscow Center)

It goes without saying that the crisis in Afghanistan will create new risks for the region, but Central Asia has long lived with chaos...

Afghanistan/Greater Eurasia. The Fall of Kabul and the Balance of Power in Greater Eurasia (Timofei Bordachev, Valdai Discussion Club)

We do not know if peace in Afghanistan becomes a reality. However, right now, for the first time in the past 40 years, internal political stabilisation in this country has the most...

Afghanistan. No good future for Afghan women under the Taliban (Sanchita Bhattacharya, East Asia Forum)

Despite talk about the Taliban’s return to Afghanistan, they never really left. For two decades they loomed in the political backstage, but were very...

Afghanistan. Chinese FM Wang Yi hopes new Afghan government will disassociate itself from terrorist organizations (Global Times)

Wang Yi Noting the Taliban might announce the formation of a new government in the coming days, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi...

Afghanistan/Saudi Arabia/Iran. Afghanistan May Be a Bellwether for Saudi-Iranian Rivalry (

Globe showing Afghanistan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia, image via Max Pixel Boasting an almost 1,000-kilometer border with Iran and a history of troubled relations between...

Afghanistan. Humanitarian Crisis Needs Urgent Response (HRW)

Afghans wait for hours to try to withdraw money from a bank in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 30, 2021.  © 2021 Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi/AP Photo Afghanistan’s foreign...

Europe/Afghanistan. EU’s Cold-Hearted Response to Afghans at Risk (Judith Sunderland, HRW)

Polish soldiers build a fence with concertina wire at the border with Belarus in Krynki, Poland, on August 27, 2021. © 2021 Dominika Zarzycka/Sipa USA/AP...

Afghanistan/USA. The Kabul Airlift in 5 Charts (Elizabeh Howe, Defense One)

ELIZABETH HOWE / DEFENSE ONE The largest emergency airlift ever handled by the U.S. military started slowly and built to a torrent. The Kabul Airlift in...

Afghanistan/USA. What Went Wrong in Afghanistan? (Joseph J. Collins, Defense One)

A child waits with her family to board a C-17 Globemaster lll, Aug. 22, 2021, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, after being evacuated...

Afghanistan/USA. Calculating the Costs of the Afghanistan War (Neta C. Crawford, Defense One)

Soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division stand security at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug.15, 2021. MARINE CORPS SGT. ISAIAH CAMPBELL The U.S. invaded...

USA/Afghanistan. Lawmakers Load Defense Bill With Measures Demanding Answers for Afghanistan’s Fall—and Its Future (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division prepare to board a U.S. Air Force C-17 on August 30th, 2021 at the Hamid Karzai International...

Afghanistan/USA. Marine Corps Commandant Wants Review of Afghanistan Evacuation (Caitlin M. Kenney, Defense One)

A Marine assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response- Central Command carries a child to be processed during an evacuation at...

Afghanistan/USA. How to avoid another state-building failure after Afghanistan (Frank Ruggiero, Atlantic Council)

In 2009, I served as the US senior civilian representative in Kandahar, where I oversaw US civilian efforts to stabilize southern Afghanistan. These civilians,...