Afghanistan

November 14, 2025 | Samuel Ben-Ur |

Kazakhstan To Join the Abraham Accords, Signaling Opportunity in Central Asia

Kazakhstan has reached out to the United States in an unprecedented fashion — by improving relations with Israel. Prior to a November summit between the United States and five Central Asia countries,...

November 13, 2025 | Natalie Ecanow |

Exposed: Qatar’s Circle of Terrorist Friends

In recent comments to CNN, Qatar’s prime minister reflected on his country’s unique ability to “convene between conflicted parties and understand the grievances.” ...

November 12, 2025 | Bill Roggio |

Terror attacks intensify in Pakistan as the TTP continues to operate from Afghanistan

The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan (TTP) launched two suicide attacks in Pakistan between November 10–11, including a suicide bombing at a courthouse in the capital of Islamabad that killed 12 people....

November 12, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

The war against Christians

President Trump is giving attention to this matter

November 11, 2025 | Jonathan Schanzer |

The (Calculable) Costs of Israel’s Wars

Can Israel afford its fights?

November 11, 2025 | |

Syrian President Commits to Defeating ISIS, Sidesteps Peace with Israel During White House Meeting

Syria Joins Coalition Against ISIS: Following the historic meeting of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa with President Donald Trump at the White House on November 10, the Syrian...

October 27, 2025 | David Adesnik, Mariam Wahba, Ahmad Sharawi, David Daoud, Natalie Ecanow, Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Bridget Toomey

Patient Extremism: The Many Faces of the Muslim Brotherhood

October 24, 2025 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Bridget Toomey

Don’t Fall for the Islamic Republic’s Attempt at “Christian-Washing”

On a recent trip to Israel, Mark Walker, President Trump’s nominee to be Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, did not mince words about the administration’s priorities. “We want...

October 22, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

Letter to the POTUS

Careful, Sir, Putin wants to out-negotiate you like Stalin out-negotiated Roosevelt  

October 19, 2025 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

Covert Action Cover to Cover

REVIEW: ‘The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature’ by Charlie English

October 16, 2025 | Ben Cohen, David May

50 Years of Anti-Zionist Propaganda: Why the UN’s ‘Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People’ Must Be Dismantled

October 15, 2025 | Bill Roggio |

Pakistan, Afghan Taliban agree to ceasefire after another clash along the border

Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire after their forces exchanged fire across the border on October 15. The two countries have clashed over the past month as the Movement of the...

October 12, 2025 | Bill Roggio |

Afghan Taliban, Pakistani military clash along the border

The Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani military skirmished along their joint border overnight after the Taliban launched a “retaliatory operation” for the Pakistani Air Force targeting the head of the...

October 10, 2025 | Bill Roggio |

Pakistani Taliban leader thought to be targeted in airstrike on Afghan capital

The leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan (TTP) is rumored to have been killed in a Pakistani military airstrike in the Afghan capital of Kabul yesterday. The strike took place as tensions...

October 8, 2025 | Bill Roggio |

Pakistan attempts to shift blame for TTP attacks toward India

The Movement of the Taliban (TTP) in Pakistan killed 11 Pakistani soldiers, including two officers, in an ambush in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa last night. Pakistani officials blamed...

October 8, 2025 | Bill Roggio |

US kills Al Qaeda-linked ‘attack planner’ in Syria

The US military killed a “senior Al-Qaeda affiliated attack planner” in an airstrike in Syria on October 2. The jihadi was a member of Ansar Islam, a terrorist organization that has operated in Iraq...

October 7, 2025 | Josh Birenbaum |

America must stop aiding our enemies by enabling the shadowy world of dirty cash

Global corruption has exploded in scale and scope, threatening international stability and American national security. As the Trump administration goes to war against Venezuelan drug traffickers,...

October 5, 2025 | Caleb Weiss |

Shabaab claims prison assault in Mogadishu

Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu was yet again the victim of a brazen terrorist attack conducted by Shabaab, Al Qaeda’s branch for East Africa. Yesterday, at least seven Shabaab gunmen stormed the...

September 30, 2025 | Charlie Laderman, Nazee Moinian

Freedom for Iran: Learning From U.S. Support for Polish Anti-Communists in the 1980s

September 24, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

Qatar is no Arab Switzerland

It’s a Muslim Brotherhood terrorist haven