Tag: Afghanistan

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...

Afghanistan. Taliban’s priorities to govern: reconciliation, devt, recognition (Global Times)

Yang Sheng, Wang Wenwen and Fan Lingzhi As international community is watching closely the development of Afghanistan situation, to what extent the Afghan Taliban will honor...

Afghanistan. Rising Prices, Closed Banks Add to Misery for Kabul (VoA)

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

Afghanistan/USA. Kabul Evacuation Numbers to Fluctuate, Biden Says (VoA)

Ken Bredemeier The number of people evacuated from Kabul will change from day to day, President Joe Biden said in a televised address Sunday, depending...

Afghanistan/Syria. “Victory” of Taliban wipes out Erdogan’s plan to send Syrian fighters to Kabul (SOHR)

Very reliable SOHR sources have confirmed that the Turkish intelligence have informed its proxy Syrian factions that the preparations for sending Syrian mercenaries to...

Afghanistan/Ukraine. Ukraine Evacuates Dozens Of Activists, Afghan Women, Journalists From Kabul (RFE RL)

A Ukrainian military plane carrying 83 people, including journalists, activists, and Afghan women and children, arrived in Kyiv, as part of the massive evacuation of foreigners...

Afghanistan/China. China’s economic support is likely to be widely accepted in Afghanistan: experts (Global Times)

The situation in Afghanistan has undergone great changes in the past few days, and some experts said Chinese businesses can provide support for the...

Afghanistan/Iran. Iran spent years preparing for a Taliban victory. It may still get stung (Atlantic Council)

Borzou Daragahi The United States and other western nations frantically evacuated their embassies in Kabul for fear of the Taliban’s vengeance. But Iran was sitting...

Afghanistan/USA. What Washington owes the American people after its Afghanistan failure (Atlantic Council)

Christopher Preble The discussion about what the United States should do in the aftermath of its war in Afghanistan should proceed in three phases: now,...

Afghanistan/USA. Afghanistan threatens Biden’s shot at being a historic foreign-policy leader (Atlantic Council)

Frederick Kempe At the end of the worst week of US President Joe Biden’s young presidency, this is the question he must urgently answer: Of...