Tag: Afghanistan

Afghanistan/USA – Afghanistan after American withdrawal: Part 2 — Four scenarios (Vanda Felbab-Brown, Brookings)

What are the possible developments in Afghanistan over the next three to five years, after the withdrawal of U.S. forces? In this second piece...

Afghanistan/USA – Afghanistan after American withdrawal: Part 1 — Internal factors shaping developments (Vanda Felbab-Brown, Brookings)

What are the possible developments in Afghanistan over the next three to five years after the withdrawal of U.S. forces? In this three-part blog...

Afghanistan/USA – Afghanistan and Its Region After the US Withdrawal (Valdai Discussion Club)

With the completion of the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan, international responsibility for trying to shape some sort of stability in Afghanistan will fall to Afghanistan’s region, where it belongs. Even...

Afghanistan – Gunmen kill four polio workers, wound three in Afghanistan’s east (Al Jazeera)

Four polio vaccination workers have been killed and three others injured in separate attacks in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad, a provincial health department...

Afghanistan/UN – UN readies for more displaced Afghans after foreign troops leave (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations is preparing for the expected displacement of more civilians in Afghanistan after troops belonging to the US and other nations leave...

USA/Afghanistan – Biden’s Europe trip can help secure Afghanistan’s future. Here’s how (Earl Anthony Wayne, James B. Cunningham, Atlantic Council)

Afghan security forces escort Taliban militants, who were arrested by them, during a presentation to the media in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on March 14, 2021....

USA/Afghanistan – What the Biden administration’s narrative on Afghanistan gets wrong (Madiha Afzal, Brookings)

It appears that President Biden’s announced withdrawal from Afghanistan is proceeding ahead of schedule, with all U.S. troops set to depart by mid-July, and NATO and...

Afghanistan – Taliban demands ‘remorse’ from fearful Afghan interpreters (Al Arabiya)

A general view from a hilltop shows the Sakhi Shrine and buildings in Kabul, Afghanistan June 21, 2019. Picture taken June 21, 2019. (File...

Afghanistan – Taliban says Afghans who worked for foreign forces will be safe (Al Jazeera)

In this photo taken on December 6, 2009, Afghan men drink tea with foreign forces in Helmand province, Afghanistan Taliban says Afghans who worked...

Afghanistan/USA – ‘Afghan-led, Afghan-owned’ is way forward in US aftermath (Liu Zongyi, Global Times)

Photo taken on May 9, 2021 shows the books of students who were killed in a car bomb attack at the site of explosion...

USA/Afghanistan – The Future of Afghanistan (Max Boot, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Tammy S. Schultz, CFR)

Panelists discuss the Biden administration’s decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September and its implications for the future of the country. Young Professionals...

Afghanistan – An Afghan tragedy: the Pashtuns, the Taliban and the state (IISS)

Anatol Lieven An Afghan tragedy: the Pashtuns, the Taliban and the state (iiss.org)

Australia/Afghanistan – Australia closes embassy after misplaced participation in Afghanistan conflict (The Strategist)

Amin Saikal Australia closes embassy after misplaced participation in Afghanistan conflict | The Strategist (aspistrategist.org.au)

Australia/Afghanistan – War crimes investigation stymied by embassy closure (The Strategist)

Brendan Nicholson War crimes investigation stymied by embassy closure | The Strategist (aspistrategist.org.au)

Afghanistan/Pakistan – Taliban Faultlines: Pakistan’s ISI Elevates Haqqani Network Front And Centre (VIF)

Taliban Faultlines: Pakistan’s ISI Elevates Haqqani Network Front And Centre | Vivekananda International Foundation (vifindia.org)

UK/Afghanistan – UK to speed up relocation of Afghan staff amid safety concerns (Al Jazeera)

At the peak of the post-2001 deployment there were almost 10,000 British troops in Afghanistan, mostly in Helmand province UK to speed up relocation...