Tag: Afghanistan

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...

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...