Tag: Afghanistan

Afghanistan. Taliban Days From ‘Inclusive Islamic’ Afghanistan (VoA)

Ayaz Gul A week after retaking power in Afghanistan through stunning military victories, leaders of the Taliban insurgency are still conducting internal talks and meetings...

Afghanistan/USA. US Embassy Tells Americans: Do Not Go to Kabul Airport (VoA)

The U.S. Embassy in Kabul issued a new security warning Saturday advising Americans not to go to the airport without “individual instructions from a...

Erdogan Reiterates Interest in Securing Kabul Airport, Faces Criticism (VoA)

Ezel Sahinkaya Despite earlier reports that Turkey had dropped plans to secure Kabul’s international airport, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that Turkey is...

Biden Vows to Bring Americans Home From Afghanistan (VoA)

U.S. President Joe Biden reiterated a vow Friday to stay in Afghanistan until all American citizens who want to leave and Afghans who risked...

Afghan Refugees Expected in Uganda (VoA)

Halima Athumani Ugandan officials have confirmed the country will be receiving 145 evacuees from Afghanistan on Sunday. After days of discussion, Uganda has confirmed it will...

For US Military Leaders, Afghan News Strikes Personal Chord (VoA)

For senior military and Pentagon leaders, this week's news was profoundly personal. The photos and videos pouring out of Afghanistan hit a nerve, and triggered...

Healthcare Needs Grow Amid Deepening Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan (VoA)

Lisa Schlein The World Health Organization is sounding the alarm about healthcare in Afghanistan, where conflict has left millions of people vulnerable to hunger and...

Female Journalists Say Taliban Barred Them From State-Run Media (VoA)

At least two female journalists working for a state-owned broadcaster in Afghanistan have said the Taliban are not allowing them to work. Since entering Kabul...

Indifference to Ethnic and Tribal Realities (Hudson Institute)

Husain Haqqani The American failure in Afghanistan was primarily political. There was never a strategy, just a series of tactical moves: 20 annual plans for...

America After Afghanistan (Hudson Institute)

Husain Haqqani In an interview on The Real Story on BBC, Husain Haqqani discusses the crisis in Afghanistan and what it could mean for U.S. allies. America...

The Afghan Tragedy Is China’s Opportunity (Hudson Institute)

Arthur Herman Images of the collapse of the Afghan government in Kabul bring back painful memories of a similar collapse in the wake of a...

‘Strategic confusion’ in Afghanistan (Center for Security Policy)

J. Michael Waller A new inspector general report eviscerates the entire 20-year U.S.-led reconstruction effort in Afghanistan, revealing a constant interagency rotation of “annual lobotomies,”...

What Comes Next? A Lesson from Saigon (Defense One)

Michael Desch An iconic photograph from the waning days of the Vietnam war now seems likely to be recreated in Kabul. In it, an Air...

Here’s How the US Could Get Afghanistan Evacuees to the United States More Quickly (Defense One)

Marcus Weisgerber The U.S. military is evaluating several options to fly American citizens and Afghans to the United States, according to U.S. officials. While the military...

NATO members’ Kabul evacuation battles bottlenecks outside the airport (Defense News)

Vivienne Machi NATO foreign ministers convened Friday afternoon via teleconference to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, which Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said remains “very difficult and...

After Afghanistan, where next? Biden must show resoluteness (Brookings)

Michael E. O’Hanlon With the tragedy of Afghanistan’s collapse mitigated only by the relative lack of violence in the process of the Taliban takeover to...