Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Iranians look on with apprehension at crisis next door
After the Taliban takeover of Kabul, ordinary citizens are split over the expected influx of Afghan refugees into Iran
22 August 2021
photo: AFP
The Taliban’s return...
Making an enemy of Taliban is not in the interest of...
By Hu Xijin
Jul 19, 2021
Photo:VCG
The Afghan government and the Taliban have both expressed their friendly attitude toward China. This is certainly good for China. Yet...
What’s going on in the Washington establishment with Biden?
By Themistoklis Tzimas (*)
Something strange - or not so much - is happening in Washington, from what we see.
CNN hammers President Biden every...
With the Taliban in control of Afghanistan, world must focus on...
20 Aug, 2021
The world has to accept the realities of the situation in Afghanistan and come together to prevent the collapse of the entire...
Anti-Taliban fighters claim victories as first stirrings of armed resistance emerge
By Ezzatullah Mehrdad, Sudarsan Raghavan
Aug 21, 2021
Local anti-Taliban commanders claimed in interviews they had killed as many as 30 of the group’s fighters and...
Biden’s Afghanistan Policy Counts on War-Weariness of Americans
While the media is going after Biden for the withdrawal, polls show most Americans don't think the war was worth fighting
Posted on August 20,...
Taliban Calls for Unity as Protests Spread in Afghanistan
The Taliban officially declared the 'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan'
Posted on August 19, 2021Categories
Amid reports of protests in Afghanistan, the Taliban asked Afghan Imams...
Debacle in Afghanistan
By Tariq Ali
16 August 2021
The fall of Kabul to the Taliban on 15 August 2021 is a major political and ideological defeat for the...
The Flight from Kabul and the Legacy of General Soleimani
By Seyed Mohammad Marandi
19 Aug 2021
Roughly 20 years ago, after the Taliban’s crushing defeat in Afghanistan and the complete withdrawal of support from...
Rich and white “feminists” for war in Afghanistan
Afghan women never asked for US air strikes.
By Rafia Zakaria
August 17, 2021
On a March evening in 1999, a wealthy Hollywood socialite named Mavis Leno,...