Tag: Afghanistan

Afghanistan – How the Taliban did it: Inside the ‘operational art’ of its military victory (Atlantic Council)

Benjamin Jensen The Taliban are in Kabul and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has left the country. How exactly did the militant group do it? Understanding how the...

Afghanistan/Central Asia – The Afghan Threat to Central Asia (Valdai Discussion Club)

Khudoberdi Kholiknazar Many experts on Afghanistan argue that without the permission of the Taliban, such extremist and terrorist groups will not violate the borders of the CIS member...

Afghanistan/Russia – Russian Ambassador to Kabul will meet with coordinator from Taliban leadership on Tuesday (TASS)

Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov will meet on Tuesday with the coordinator of the leadership of the Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia) to...

Afghanistan – Taliban says Afghanistan war over as president flees: Live (Al Jazeera)

Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, August 15, 2021...

Afghanistan/USA – Afghan government’s collapse proves US can’t be trusted (Global Times)

Illustration: Liu Rui/GT Wang Jin The situation in Afghanistan is undergoing great changes by the day, even by the hour. Just on Sunday, the Afghan interior...

Afghanistan/China – China could participate in post-war reconstruction in Afghanistan: experts (Global Times)

Taliban fighters sit on a vehicle along the street in Jalalabad province on Sunday. Photo: AFP Yang Sheng The Afghan Taliban's military offensive has been moving...

USA/Afghanistan – John Allen: Biden Must Reverse His Decision to Quit Afghanistan (Defense One)

Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applicants crowd into the Herat Kabul Internet cafe to apply for the SIV program on August 8, 2021, in Kabul,...

Afghanistan/USA – The Taliban Captured Helicopters. Can They Capture an Air Force? (Defense One)

U.S officials formally deliver four Super Tucano attack aircraft to the Afghan Defense Ministry, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on January 15, 2016. HAROON SABAWOON / ANADOLU...

Afghanistan/USA – Pentagon Sending Enough Airpower to Evacuate ‘Thousands’ from Afghanistan Per Day (Defense One)

Taliban fighters drive an Afghan National Army vehicle through a street in Kandahar on August 13, 2021. AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Tara Copp U.S. Air Force cargo...

Afghanistan/USA – How I Failed My Afghan Comrades (Defense One)

Sgt. 1st Class Jeremiah Velez, left, and Capt. David Zak, center, both advisors with the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade's 3rd Squadron, speak with...

Afghanistan – Regrouping the military ‘a top priority’, Afghan president says (Al Jazeera)

President Ashraf Ghani said extensive consultations have been held within the government and with international partners Ali M Latifi Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has addressed...

Afghanistan – Afghan President vows to prevent more destruction, displacement (Al Jazeera)

Taliban fighters drive an Afghan National Army vehicle through a street in the southern city of Kandahar after its capture Farah Najjar The Taliban launched...

Afghanistan/USA/China – Afghan party leader enumerates bloody and depraved legacies of US withdrawal, call for bigger role of China (Global Times)

Dr. Latif Pedram, leader of the National Congress Party (NCP) of Afghanistan and a former Member of Parliament Photo: Courtesy of Pedram Zhao Juecheng and Hu...

China/Pakistan/India/Afghanistan – Truth on Dasu terror attack surfaces amid unanswered questions, as China and Pakistan step up security for Chinese (Global Times)

Photo: AFP After Pakistan announced its preliminary investigation results Thursday that the Pakistani Taliban was responsible for the Dasu terror attack that killed nine Chinese...

Afghanistan – Taliban captures Afghan commander Ismail Khan after fall of Herat (Al Jazeera)

Afghan commander and former mujahideen leader Ismail Khan addresses a gathering at his house in Herat The Taliban has captured Ismail Khan – the...

Afghanistan/Pakistan – Pakistani forces clash with Afghan protesters at border crossing (Al Jazeera)

Pakistani soldiers stand guard in front of people waiting to cross at the Friendship Gate crossing point in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Chaman,...