When did the US lose Afghanistan?
August 15, 2021, was the day Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, and the US lost the war. Or was it? After following the war for over two decades, it’s become clear that Afghanistan wasn’t lost in...
Ashraf Ghani
America’s ‘self-defeat’ in Afghanistan
Three years after the U.S. withdrawal, lessons should have been learned
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The Taliban’s Man in Washington
Zalmay Khalilzad is blaming Afghans for the failures that resulted from his deal with the Taliban.
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Iraq, the model
Biden’s military strategy for Iraq should be applied in Afghanistan
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The Taliban Has a Military Solution for Afghanistan
As the Taliban and its al-Qaeda allies wage jihad to conquer Afghanistan, the Biden administration clings to the fanciful idea that a negotiated settlement to the war is possible. On Tuesday, State Department...
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Taliban ‘martyrdom’ unit attacks Afghan defense minister’s home in Kabul
The Taliban’s “martyrdom battalion” attacked the home of Afghanistan’s acting Defence Minister Bismillah Mohammadi in Kabul yesterday evening. Mohammadi survived the assassination attempt. The Taliban...
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The Situation in Afghanistan Is Much Worse Than You Realize
The U.S. military is downplaying the Taliban’s gains, and the U.S. and U.N. are pretending there is a viable peace process.
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The Biden Administration Shouldn’t Make Any More Concessions to the Taliban
The group wants a caliphate, not a power-sharing arrangement with the Afghan government.
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The Biden Administration’s Afghan ‘Peace Plan’ Is an Act of Desperation
On Sunday, March 7, an Afghan media outlet, TOLOnews, published a leaked letter from Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to President Ashraf Ghani. TOLOnews also published an eight-page “peace”...
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The Taliban Is Still the Main Driver of Violence in Afghanistan
Two recent attacks by ISIS only obscure that the Taliban is attacking the Afghan government daily.
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UN finds ‘disturbing increase in violence’ following U.S.-Taliban deal
There was a “disturbing increase in violence” in Afghanistan following the signing of a withdrawal agreement between the U.S. and Taliban on Feb. 29, according to a new report by the United Nations...
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Taliban admits ‘peace’ negotiations with U.S. are merely means to withdraw ‘foreign forces’
The Taliban admitted this week that current negotiations with the “arrogant” U.S. – often billed as “peace talks” that will purportedly end the fighting in Afghanistan – are merely being conducted...
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Joint raid targeted al Qaeda members in Taliban stronghold, U.S. and Afghan officials say
Taliban sites posted this photo from the aftermath of a joint U.S.-Afghan raid in Musa Qala. Late yesterday, U.S. and Afghan forces targeted al Qaeda members in Musa Qala, a Taliban-controlled district...
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Afghan government unconditionally releases hundreds of Taliban prisoners
In an effort to convince the Taliban to open negotiations, the Afghan government has freed hundreds of Taliban prisoners without conditions, and will free hundreds more. The Taliban has not responded...
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Why the Taliban should be required to renounce al Qaeda in any deal with US
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Islamic State launches mortars at memorial service in Kabul
The Islamic State’s Khorasan arm quickly claimed responsibility for an attack on a memorial service in the Afghan capital earlier today. The rally was held in honor of Abdul Ali Mazari, an ethnic Hazara...
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The Afghanistan War Is Over. We Lost.
The Taliban, which knows the U.S. is desperate to leave, just attacked a meeting between Afghan officials and the top U.S. military commander.
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Credulity as Policy
Ashraf Ghani, the president of Afghanistan, announced June 7 that his government’s forces would unilaterally enter into a ceasefire with the Taliban until June 20. It remains to be seen how...
Op-eds
After Annan
Authored by Velykhan Velshi Kofi Annan's tenure as UN Secretary General will finish at the end of the year. His legacy will be one of scandal and failure. The UN peacekeepi...
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Will the UN Pick Another Crook?
Authored by Alykhan Velshi Kofi Annan's tenure as UN Secretary General will finish at the end of the year. His legacy will be one of scandal and failure. The UN peacekeepin...