Madiha Afzal and Michael E. O’Hanlon President Biden’s decision to bring home all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is a major mistake. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/04/15/withdrawing-troops-from-afghanistan-bidens-unforced-error-puts-america-at-risk/

Anthony H. Cordesman There is no good way that the U.S. can withdraw from Afghanistan. https://www.csis.org/analysis/afghanistan-too-much-enough

Barry Pavel, William F. Wechsler, Irfan Nooruddin Twenty years. America’s longest war is set to finally come to an end, with President Joe Biden expected to announce on...

Leo Shane III and Joe Gould President Joe Biden intends to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that started...

BRAHMA CHELLANEY Far from offering America a face-saving exit from a 20-year war, a complete US military withdrawal from Afghanistan will make it an accomplice...

Ashraf Ghani will put forward a three-phase peace roadmap for Afghanistan during a proposed meeting in Turkey, Reuters reports. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/5/afghan-leader-proposes-peace-road-map-in-three-phases-document

HAFED AL-GHWELL A cursory examination of the emerging US policy on Afghanistan would probably conclude that the strategy to end a two decade-old, mostly fruitless,...

Largely forgotten by Americans, this $50 billion per year campaign could literally become a ‘forever war’. https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-bottom-line/2021/4/1/why-cant-the-us-end-the-war-in-afghanistan

Mohsin Dawar Biden administration’s new draft proposal fails to address many fundamental issues stalling the Afghan peace process. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/3/31/the-many-pitfalls-of-the-new-us-proposal-for-afghan-peace

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Omar Sharifi Power-sharing with the Taliban is a concept at the heart of the Biden administration’s new strategy for Afghanistan, as it seeks the...

Kevin Baron But not by May 1. "It's not my intention to stay there for a long time, the question is how and under what...

William Roberts Congress passed laws after the 9/11 attacks giving US presidents power to use military force, but calls to restrict that authority are growing. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/24/why-it-is-bidens-call-on-the-future-of-us-troops-in-afghanistan

Lloyd Austin and President Ashraf Ghani discuss Afghan peace process and rising violence, presidential palace in Kabul says. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/21/us-defence-chief-lloyd-austin-makes-unannounced-afghanistan-visit

Madiha Afzal and Israa Saber In debates on the future of the war in Afghanistan, policymakers and analysts have come to invoke it as a given that...

Taliban stand firm on demand for an Islamic government in Afghanistan, though they do not elaborate on what it would look like. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/19/afghan-president-replaces-security-ministers-in-surprise-move

Rights advocate and politician Habiba Sarabi only woman in 12-member delegation of Afghan government and leaders attending Moscow talks. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/19/in-afghan-delegation-for-moscow-talks-only-one-woman-in-room