Tag: Afghanistan

China/Afghanistan – China’s New Security Concept for Afghanistan (Emil Avdaliani, BESA Center)

Xi Jinping, photo by Jean-Marc Ferré for UN Geneva via Flickr CC EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The announced withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan could represent an opportunity...

Afghanistan/USA – Why America should protect local allies in Afghanistan (Saaransh Mishra, ORF)

The impending withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan has fomented fears regarding the future of thousands of Afghan translators, interpreters, and other local allies...

Afghanistan/Russia/USA – The Russian perspective on the Afghanistan situation post US withdrawal (Georgi Asatryan, ORF)

Afghanistan is not yet destined to become like Switzerland, and full-fledged peace in this state will not be a reality in the foreseeable future....

Afghanistan/Russia/China/Iran – How Russia, China, and Iran will shape Afghanistan’s future (Nilofar Sakhi, Atlantic Council)

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's deputy leader and negotiator, and other delegation members attend the Afghan peace conference in Moscow, Russia, on March...

Afghanistan/USA – Afghanistan after American withdrawal: Part 3 — Where external actors have leverage (Vanda Felbab-Brown, Brookings)

U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan is about to usher in a new political and social dispensation in the country. Earlier in this three-part blog...

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...