Afghanistan and the Taliban
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Opinion & Analysis
Will Kabul operation save Biden’s approval rating?
About a year ago last August, US President Joe Biden’s approval ratings began to plummet, falling to record levels under…
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The Taliban back in hot water
The debate over the consequences of the recent assassination of Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri in the Afghan capital of Kabul…
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Taliban Thought and Issues of Change
Despite the “catastrophic” state of the Afghan economy in a “death spiral,” as described by UN Secretary General António Guterres,…
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Has the Taliban achieved an international diplomatic breakthrough?
Many might not have thought that this would be the first influential international appearance by the Afghan Taliban since they…
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Mullahs and Taliban: confrontation or containment?
The relationship between the Iranian mullah regime and the Taliban has always been one of suspicion, concern, and mistrust. Today,…
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Daech and the Taliban: a headache or a threat?
Some Taliban elements have been repeatedly targeted by Daech suicide bombers of late, while others have targeted mosques belonging to…
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World order: Consequences of the Afghanistan drawdown
Many scholars and specialists link the collapse of the USSR to the policy of foreign intervention, including the intervention in…
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Recognize the Taliban or else face horror
Pakistan’s National Security Adviser, Moeed Yusuf, was quoted by the Sunday Times as saying, or rather warning the West, that…
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Have the Taliban emboldened Al Houthi?
The Taliban’s control of most of Afghanistan seems to have given Yemen’s Houthi group, Ansar Allah, its financiers, and its…
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Russia and the Taliban: Newfound common interests
Given the escalating indicators of geostrategic conflict between regional and major powers, it is perhaps very important to try to…
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