Tag: Afghanistan

Afghanistan/USA – Afghanistan, What Just Happened? (Hudson Institute)

Dr. Thomas Lynch, a Distinguished Research Fellow at the National Defense University and a retired army officer with extensive experience in Afghanistan, joined Mike...

Afghanistan/USA – Afghanistan, Part 1: Marshall Billingslea on the Taliban’s Illicit Financial Networks (Hudson Institute)

Amid the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan, former US Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Marshall Billingslea joins Nate Sibley to discuss how the Taliban...

Afghanistan/USA – Biden’s Debacle in Afghanistan (Hudson Institute)

In a panel discussion for the Center for Security Policy, Rob Greenway discusses the current crisis in Afghanistan. Biden’s Debacle in Afghanistan - by Robert...

Afghanistan/USA – Why Was the Administration So Slow to Evacuate US Allies in Afghanistan? (Defense One)

Russell Berman That was how President Joe Biden, in his address to the nation on Monday, tried to explain why his administration had not acted sooner,...

Afghanistan/USA – These Afghans Were Our Allies. Now We Must All Help Them Become Our Neighbors (Defense One)

Doug Wilson, Matt Zeller As we write this, Americans from both political parties and from across the country—many of whom support President Biden’s decision to...

Afghanistan/USA – We Have One Last Chance to Save Our Allies (Defense One)

George Packer “This is not Saigon,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on CNN on Sunday—and he was right. By the time helicopters took off...

Afghanistan/North Caucasus – Taliban Triumph in Afghanistan Echoes in Russia’s North Caucasus (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Globe The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan threatens to destabilize the North Caucasus for three interrelated reasons. First, the Taliban victory is certain to inspire...

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,...