Tag: Afghanistan

Afghanistan/Europe. Will Afghanistan Create Another Migrant Crisis for Europe? (VoA)

Henry Ridgwell Six years ago, more than 1.2 million migrants from many parts of the world fled to Europe, traveling hundreds or thousands of kilometers...

Afghanistan/Russia. Russia Casts a Pragmatic Eye on Afghanistan’s Taliban (VoA)

Margaret Besheer In the aftermath of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, Russia is looking south with a wary eye to see how it can benefit...

Afghanistan/USA. Clock Ticking as US Ramps Up Evacuation from Afghanistan  (VoA)

Steve Herman, Jeff Seldin The scramble by the United States and its allies to get their citizens and Afghan helpers to the U.S.-controlled airport in Kabul...

Afghanistan/Kazakhstan. Second Plane With UN Staff Members Arrives In Kazakhstan From Afghanistan (RFE RL)

A second plane with UN staff members aboard has arrived in Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, from Afghanistan for temporary relocation amid instability in Kabul after...

Afghanistan. Afghanistan crisis and implications for the future (Institute of Development Studies)

The speed of the Taliban takeover of Kabul has shocked people globally, as have the scenes that followed, with many citizens desperately trying to...

Afghanistan/Global Security. The Failure in Afghanistan and the Fallout for Global Security (CIGI)

Christopher Alexander Looking back on the strategies that the United States, the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) deployed in Afghanistan whose...

Afghanistan. Firefight Kills Afghan Security Officer Outside Kabul Airport (VoA)

Ayaz Gul Germany’s military reported Monday a firefight erupted outside the north gate at Kabul’s airport, with unknown attackers killing one Afghan security officer dead...

Afghanistan. Taliban Targets Panjshir Valley as Resistance Leaders Remain Defiant (VoA)

Jamie Dettmer The Taliban are dispatching hundreds of fighters to the Panjshir Valley, 150 kilometers north of the Afghan capital, Kabul, to try to stamp...

Afghanistan/Russia. An Afghan Specter Haunting Moscow? (RFE RL)

Beyond the gloating over the U.S. failure to build a stable, democratic Afghanistan over the past 20 years, how does Moscow perceive the situation...

Afghanistan. Adapting to a new reality in Afghanistan (INSS)

How will regional states respond to the Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan? The IISS research team offers their insights into how governments will be carefully...

Afghanistan. The aftermath: Navigating a Taliban-led Afghanistan (Chatham House)

Renats Dwan A failure to acknowledge that the legitimate, elected representatives of Afghanistan are no longer in control of territory or institutions, and to refuse...

Afghanistan/Israel. The Taliban Victory as a Victory of Faith (BESA Center)

Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen The American defeat in Afghanistan will have a direct impact on Israel. Like the pseudo-government foisted by the Americans on...

Afghanistan. Who stands to benefit from the US’s exit from Afghanistan? (Al Jazeera)

Presenter: Sami Zeidan Guests: Hassan Abbas – Former Pakistani government official and author of The Taliban Revival June Teufel Dreyer – Professor at the University of Miami...

Afghanistan. Afghans struggle with jobs gone, banks shut, prices on the rise (Al Jazeera)

A week after the Taliban’s lightning seizure of Kabul, growing numbers of people in the Afghan capital are facing a daily struggle to get...

Afghanistan/USA. Biden says Kabul airlift accelerating, warns of security threats (Al Jazeera)

US President Joe Biden has pledged his “unwavering commitment” to get US citizens and at-risk Afghans out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan but warned of hurdles...

Somalia. Those working to help Somalia should pay attention to Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)

Patrick Gathara In his 2010 memoir Decision Points, former United States President George W Bush explained his rationale for the decision to invade Afghanistan in...