Central Asia
Biden Admin Gives Iran’s Mullahs Another Victory: Taliban Takeover
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Conflicts of Interest: Despite All-Out Media Effort, Americans Still Support Afghan...
Posted on August 26, 2021
On COI #153, Kyle Anzalone updates events in Afghanistan. The Pentagon and State Department are working to remove some privileged...
Putin and Xi pledge to keep peace in Central Asia, after...
25 Aug, 2021
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Moscow and Beijing will work together to secure the region around Afghanistan, after Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chinese premier...
Taliban says it doesn’t want Turkish soldiers in Afghanistan
Ankara wants to remain in Kabul to protect the Turkish commercial and political interests, but Taliban doesn't appear very interested
By Ragip Soylu
Aug. 24, 2021
A...
Afghanistan officials sanctioned murder, torture and rape, says report
Human Rights Watch accuses high-ranking officials of allowing extrajudicial killings and brutal practices to flourish after fall of Taliban
By Emma Graham-Harrison
Tue 3 Mar...
Afghanistan: The End of the Occupation
By Jonathan Nancy
Aug. 17, 2021
Nancy Lindisfarne and Jonathan Neale write: A lot of nonsense about Afghanistan is being written in Britain and the United States....
EU more worried about Russia & China gaining from Western defeat...
24 Aug, 2021
Fears in Brussels that the fall of Kabul to the Taliban is a victory for Moscow and Beijing show that the EU...
The Taliban’s Resurgence Was Years in Making & Aided by Trump,...
August 23, 2021
Concern is growing over a broader humanitarian crisis across Afghanistan as people continue to crowd the Kabul airport to flee after the...
The G7, the UN, and Afghanistan’s Future
When G7 leaders convene this week to discuss Afghanistan, they should be clear about the core goals: extricate their nationals and Afghan partners, and...
The Taliban have retaken Afghanistan – this time, how will they...
The group’s hardline beliefs are unchanged, but coalition partners and regional powers may be moderating influences
By Antonio Giustozzi
Aug. 16, 2021
The Taliban agreed on Saturday...