Tag: Afghanistan

(Pakistan/Afghanistan) Pakistan ‘Optimistic’ About Progress in Stalemated Afghan Peace Process (VoA)

Ayaz Gul Pakistan’s military said Monday that efforts aimed at moving forward a stalemated peace process in neighboring Afghanistan are “progressing in a very positive...

(USA/Afghanistan) How to bargain with the Taliban (War on the Rocks)

BARNETT RUBIN President Joe Biden will soon have to decide whether to withdraw the remaining 2,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan by May 1, as stipulated by the February 2020 Doha agreement. https://warontherocks.com/2021/02/how-to-bargain-with-the-taliban/  

(Afghanistan/USA) Expand demining to facilitate Afghan peace (AEI)

Michael Rubin The Afghan peace process continues amidst uncertainty about the speed and totality of American withdrawal, disappointment at Taliban noncompliance, and questions about where an intra-Afghan dialogue might...

(USA/Afghanistan) Afghan Study Group’s New Report Would Guarantee Failure (1945)

Daniel Davis When a report comes out of Washington that has been co-authored by a who’s who group of, among others, former Secretaries of Defense,...

(Tajikistan/Afghanistan/China) Porosity of Tajik-Afghan Border Making Beijing’s Involvement in Region More Ominous (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble In most parts of the world, the lines on maps separating countries are true borders. That is, they are controlled by the governments...

(USA/Afghanistan) May 2021 should not be seen as a unilateral deadline for the United States to leave Afghanistan (Brookings)

Madiha Afzal https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/02/10/may-2021-should-not-be-seen-as-a-unilateral-deadline-for-the-united-states-to-leave-afghanistan/

(USA/Afghanistan) U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan: What Are Biden’s Options? (CFR)

Max Boot https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/us-troop-withdrawal-afghanistan-what-are-bidens-options

(India/Afghanistan) Afghanistan gets first COVID-19 vaccine shipment from India (Al Jazeera)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/8/afghanistan-gets-first-doses-of-covid-19-vaccine-from-india

(USA/Afghanistan) What options does Biden have in Afghanistan? (Al Jazeera)

Ibraheem Bahiss https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/2/4/what-options-does-biden-have-on-afghanistan

(Afghanistan) Taliban attacks increased in Afghan capital, says US watchdog (Al Jazeera)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/1/taliban-attacks-increased-in-afghan-capital-says-us-watchdog

(Afghanistan) Plan for interim government a cloud over Afghanistan (Asia Times)

By RAHIM NASAR https://asiatimes.com/2021/01/plan-for-interim-government-a-cloud-over-afghanistan/

(Afghanistan) Taliban battle to save international legitimacy (Asia Times)

By MK BHADRAKUMAR https://asiatimes.com/2021/01/taliban-battle-to-save-international-legitimacy/

(USA/Afghanistan) Escaping the Graveyard of Empires? U.S. Options in Afghanistan (Seth G. Jones, CSIS)

One of the Biden administration’s most contentious war-related decisions will likely be what to do about Afghanistan. The U.S. military has been fighting in...

(USA/Afghanistan) Biden administration to review US-Taliban deal (Al Jazeera)

Under a February 2020 deal, US forces are to leave Afghanistan by May 2021 in exchange for counterterrorism guarantees. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/23/biden-administration-to-review-us-taliban-deal

(Pakistan/USA/Afghanistan) Pakistan urges Biden to stick to Afghan troop withdrawal (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

Pakistan FM tells Al Jazeera the country has hopes for greater engagement with the new Biden administration. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/21/pakistan-calls-for-us-to-stay-course-on-afghan-peace-talks

(USA/Afghanistan) Writing Off Afghanistan: Does Biden Have a Choice? (Anthony Cordesman, CSIS)

The United States has now spent nearly a year reducing its military, diplomatic, and aid presence in Afghanistan. It has never made the full...