Tag: Afghanistan

USA/Afghanistan – Will the US do a U-turn on Afghanistan troop withdrawal? (Al Jazeera)

There is growing concern about the future of Afghanistan as the United States and allied troops leave the country. Afghan forces are surrendering outposts and...

Afghanistan – Afghan forces plan counterattack against Taliban in north: Report (Al Jazeera)

Afghanistan government forces are planning a counteroffensive in the country’s northern provinces after losing ground to the Taliban, Russia’s RIA news agency has cited...

Afghanistan – US, allies have responsibility to explain their failure to Afghan people: Hamid Karzai (Global Times)

Since the US announced its complete September withdrawal plan from war-torn Afghanistan, the security situation in the country has worsened. To understand the gravity...

Afghanistan – Taliban seizes key districts in Afghanistan as gov’t forces flee (Al Jazeera)

The Taliban’s march through northern Afghanistan gained momentum overnight with the capture of several districts from fleeing Afghan forces, several hundred of whom fled...

Afghanistan – Top US general says security in Afghanistan deteriorating (Al Jazeera)

The United States’ top general in Afghanistan on Tuesday gave a sobering assessment of the country’s deteriorating security situation as the US winds down...

Afghanistan – Taliban fighters launch attack on Ghazni (Al Jazeera)

Taliban fighters have launched an attack on Ghazni, clashing with Afghan forces and using explosives in an attempt to seize the central Afghan city,...

India/Afghanistan – India’s Afghanistan challenge (Harsh V Pant, ORF)

As the situation in Afghanistan veers towards some sort of a denouement, India has once again reiterated its commitment to Afghanistan and enunciated the...

Afghanistan – How did Afghanistan get to this crisis point? (Amin Saikal, The Strategist)

Afghanistan has been through many painful and destructive transitions in its modern history since its consolidation as a recognisable country from the mid-18th century,...

USA/Afghanistan – How will the US protect its collaborators in Afghanistan? (Al Jazeera)

For nearly 20 years, thousands of Afghans have risked their lives to work with US troops, in what became America’s longest war. But that war...

Afghanistan – Thousands flee fighting between government, Taliban (Al Jazeera)

About 5,000 Afghan families have fled their homes in the northern city of Kunduz after days of fighting between Taliban fighters and government forces,...

USA/Afghanistan – Afghanistan is ‘Not a Winnable War,’ White House Says as Taliban Storms Country (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

The conflict in Afghanistan—which the United States is preparing to hand over to the government in Kabul—is “not a winnable war,” White House Press...

USA/Afghanistan – White House, Pentagon Finalizing Plans to Get Thousands of Interpreters out of Afghanistan (Tara Copp, Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

After weeks of pledges to not leave behind interpreters who have worked side by side with U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Pentagon and White House...

USA/Afghanistan – Uncertainty About Post-Withdrawal Plans Clouds Biden’s Upcoming Meeting with Afghanistan’s Ghani (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

None of the questions about how the United States will support the Afghan government after September is likely to be answered when President Biden...

Afghanistan – Children Detained, Tortured for Insurgent Links (HRW)

The Afghan government should release children detained for alleged association with armed insurgent groups and work with the United Nations and donors to establish programs for...

Afghanistan – Standing with Afghanistan: Inclusion and women’s rights in peace talks (Azadah Raz Mohammad, Jenna Sapiano, Felicity Gerry, Jacqui True, The Interpreter)

The agreement signed by the United States and the Taliban in February 2020 sought to end America’s (and Australia’s) longest-running war. After nearly two decades of...

Afghanistan/USA/China – Fuori gli Usa, dentro la Cina? L’Afghanistan (ancora) conteso (Vas Shenoy, Formiche)

Nell’ultimo summit della Nato, prima del suo ritiro dall’Afghanistan, non c’era tra gli invitati il presidente afghano Ashraf Ghani. Rimangono meno di 100 giorni per...