Tag: Afghanistan

Afghanistan – Taliban captures three more Afghan provincial capitals in a day (Al Jazeera)

The Taliban has captured three more provincial capitals, as they take their fight to the cities after seizing much of the countryside in recent...

Afghanistan/USA – Don’t lose Afghanistan (Atlantic Council)

James Cunningham, Hugo Llorens, Ronald Neumann, Richard Olson, and Earl Anthony Wayne Given the Taliban’s behavior lately, US President Joe Biden’s decision to rapidly withdraw...

Afghanistan – Sheberghan: Taliban captures second Afghan provincial capital (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: The Taliban has captured the city of Sheberghan, the second Afghan provincial capital to fall to the armed group in less than...

Turkey/USA/Afghanistan – Turkey slams US statement on planned resettlement of Afghans (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: The Turkish government has criticised a US plan to use third countries such as Turkey to resettle thousands of Afghans who risk...

Afghanistan – Afghan families flee homes in south amid Taliban advance (Al Jazeera)

Farah Najjar writes: There has been intense fighting in Afghanistan in recent days, mainly in the south and the west, while a bomb-and-gun attack in...

Afghanistan – The power of technical and vocational skills: Increasing girls’ participation in formal agriculture education in Afghanistan (Brookings)

Nangyalai Attal writes: In March 2021, I visited an agriculture and veterinary institute (AVI) in northern Balkh province in Afghanistan. With state-of-the-art educational infrastructure...

USA/Afghanistan – The US has no feasible strategy to protect its diplomats in Afghanistan (Observer Research Foundation)

Saaransh Mishra writes: Most American combat troops have now left Afghanistan, with the remaining scheduled to depart by the end of August. Amongst a...

China/Afghanistan – China sees both an opportunity and a threat in Afghanistan (ORF)

KABIR TANEJA writes for ORF: China’s foreign minister Wang Yi recently hosted a delegation of the Taliban, led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in...

Russia/Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan/Afghanistan/Defense – Russia redeploys attack aircraft from Kyrgyzstan to Tajikistan for drills on Afghan border (TASS)

TASS writes: A wing of Russian Su-25 ground attack aircraft has redeployed from Russia’s Kant integrated airbase in Kyrgyzstan to Tajikistan for the joint...

Russia/Afghanistan – Russia’s regional clout to strengthen further amid post Afghan exit turmoil, says envoy (TASS)

TASS writes: Moscow’s powerful regional clout amid the current situation in Afghanistan will expand even further following the pullout of US troops from that...

Russia/USA/Afghanistan – Russian-US dialogue on Afghanistan developing positively, senior diplomat says (TASS)

TASS writes: Russian Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov noted that Russian and US interests in the Afghan settlement generally coincided go to TASS:...

Afghanistan/Pakistan – Afghan soldiers flee attack, cross border: Pakistan army (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Dozens of Afghan soldiers have slipped across the border into northwestern Pakistan after their border post was overrun, apparently by the Taliban,...

Afghanistan – Afghanistan’s neighbours need to step in if they want stability (Al Jazeera)

Najib Sharifi writes for Al Jazeera: The withdrawal of the United States and NATO forces from Afghanistan has put a crucial choice before the...

Afghanistan/China/Russia/SCO – China, Russia have aligned interests to facilitate SCO role for Afghanistan (Global Times)

Danil Bochkov writes: President Joe Biden's decision on the swift withdrawal of American military forces from Afghanistan by August 31 has had a very...

Afghanistan – Another proxy war in Afghanistan? (The Interpreter)

AARTI BETIGERI writes for The Interpreter: With the US in the process of withdrawing the last of its troops from Afghanistan, it has taken little...

Afghanistan – ‘Unprecedented’: UN says Afghan civilian deaths up by 47 percent (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Nearly 2,400 Afghan civilians have been killed or injured in May and June as fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security forces...