Tag: Afghanistan

Afghanistan – Taliban Violently Disperse Protest After Vowing No Retribution (VoA)

The Taliban are continuing to consolidate power in Afghanistan amid reports of violence against protesters in the eastern part of the country, a day after...

Afghanistan/USA – US Continues Diplomatic Outreach to Host At-risk Afghans (VoA)

Nike Ching The United States says it is engaging directly with the Taliban to secure safe passage for "everybody" who is trying to get to...

China/Afghanistan/USA – GT Voice: US in no position to meddle with potential rare-earth cooperation between China and Afghanistan (Global Times)

A US Chinook helicopter flies over the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday. Helicopters are landing at the US embassy there as diplomatic...

China/Pakistan/Afghanistan – China to strengthen coordination with Pakistan on Afghan issues: FM (Global Times)

Afghan displaced children who fled from their homes during the fights take shelter in a public park in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 11, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua) China...

China/USA/Taiwan/Afghanistan – DPP challenged for defending US, evading Taiwan-Afghanistan analogy to fool Taiwan people (Global Times)

A US Chinook helicopter flies over the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday. Helicopters are landing at the US embassy there as diplomatic...

Afghanistan/USA – Trump’s Pledge to Exit Afghanistan Was a Ruse, His Final SecDef Says (Defense One)

Patrick Tucker President Donald Trump’s top national security officials never intended to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, according to new statements by Chris...

Afghanistan – ‘All the Signs Have Been There’ Predicting Afghan Security Force Collapse, IG Says (Defense One)

Courtney Buble For all the professed shock in Washington about the Taliban’s rapid takeover of Afghanistan, one senior government official was notably unsurprised. John Sopko,...

US contractors rush to get former employees out of Afghanistan (Defense News)

Marjorie Censer Contractor industry groups are set to meet Friday with U.S. government agencies, as companies try to help their former employees in Afghanistan find...

Afghanistan/Russia/USA – Russia and America’s overlapping legacies in Afghanistan (Brookings)

Pavel K. Baev Afghanistan was the place where al-Qaida terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, produced an instant and drastic impact,...

Afghanistan/China – How will China seek to profit from the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan (Brookings)

Ryan Hass In recent days, many analysts have stepped forward to provide predictions on how America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan will impact China’s regional and global...

Afghanistan – The Fragility of Women’s Rights in Afghanistan (HRW)

Heather Barr “But can we trust the Taliban on women’s rights?” has been a favorite question of journalists in recent years. The answer used to...

Afghanistan/ USA – The Legacy of the U.S. War in Afghanistan in Nine Graphics (CFR)

Lindsay Maizland Since the U.S. invasion in 2001, Washington and its partners in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have spent hundreds of billions of dollars...

Afghanistan/USA – Why the Afghan army folded (AEI)

Kori Schake The United States has spent $83 billion training, equipping, and even paying Afghanistan’s security forces since 2001, a mammoth amount. As the events...

Afghanistan – Why Did the Afghan Army Evaporate? (RUSI)

Tim Willasey-Wilsey President Joe Biden’s claim that the Afghan army ‘did not have the resolve’ to fight for its own country would seem to be true...

Afghanistan – The Next Act in the Afghan Tragedy (RUSI)

Malcolm Chalmers This is a desperate time for the people of Afghanistan, as they await their fate under Taliban rule. While too much international aid has...

Afghanistan – Joint Statement on the Situation of Women and Girls in Afghanistan (US Department of State)

This statement has been co-signed by Albania, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, European Union, Honduras, Guatemala, North Macedonia,...