Tag: Afghanistan

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,...

Afghanistan. A strategic and tactical battle between the Taliban and Islamic State Khorasan Province (Kabir Taneja, ORF)

The last few hours of US presence in Afghanistan have been tumultuous, in tune with the 20-year war in the country which came to...

Afghanistan. Now for the Hard Part: The Taliban Face Financial Headwinds (Tom Keatinge, RUSI)

Main Image Credit Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaking to the media on 17 August 2021 in Kabul. Courtesy of Newscom/Alamy Stock Photo Not even the most...

Afghanistan/USA. US intel is now flying blind in Afghanistan (Jennifer Counter, Atlantic Council)

President Joe Biden speaks at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in McLean, VA, on July 27, 2021. Photo via REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein. Reacting...

Afghanistan. The Economic Roots of the Afghan Debacle (Daniel Gros, Project-Syndicate)

Afghanistan experienced rapid economic growth in the decade following the US invasion and the ouster of the Taliban. But the subsequent stagnation of living...

UK/Afghanistan. UK Asked to Include Afghan Special Forces in British Army (The Defense Post)

 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers march during a ceremony in a military base in the Guzara district of Herat province on February 28, 2019....

Afghanistan/USA. The Two Blows America Is Dealing to the Taliban (David Frum, Defense One)

GETTY / THE ATLANTIC Imagine how the scene at the Kabul airport looked to the suicide bomber in the last seconds before he committed his...

Afghanistan/Iran. Where Iran Stands on the Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan (Ray Takeyh, CFR)

How has Iran reacted to the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan? It has welcomed the departure of U.S. forces and pledged to work with the Taliban...

Afghanistan. Will the Taliban regime survive? (Vanda Felbab-Brown, Brookings)

That the Taliban is back is power in Afghanistan on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 is immensely painful to the United States, NATO, and...

Afghanistan. The Plot Thickens (Nilesh Kunwar, Eurasia Review)

When something completely unexpected happens, we ascribe it to providence. But when there are a series of such occurrences revolving around a single event,...