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Taliban Reject Trump’s Call To Surrender Captured u.s. Arms March 27, 2025

On 1 March 2025, after his first Cabinet meeting, U.S. President Donald Trump said the Taliban should return the equipment the U.S. abandoned in Afghanistan as it withdrew in August 2021. ...

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America Should Talk to Hamas About Hostages March 21, 2025

Axios recently reported that Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer “lashed out” at U.S. hostage envoy Adam Boehler in a “tense” phone call for negotiating with terror group Hamas for the return of a kidnapped U.S. citizen.In February, the U....

Is Bangladesh the Next Afghanistan? March 21, 2025

The smoke had hardly cleared from the Pentagon and ruins of the World Trade Center after the September 11, 2001 attacks before Democrats and Republicans began finger pointing: Was George W. Bush to blame for missing the warning signs about Al Qaeda’s...

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Pakistan May Hit Afghanistan for Jaffar Express Terror Attack March 14, 2025

Learning the Right Lessons From Iraq and Afghanistan March 13, 2025

Our Middle East failures do not represent the true legacy of American foreign policy. ...

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Taliban’s Fractured Regime Teeters Toward Collapse March 11, 2025

Internal divisions, economic mismanagement and extremist policies threaten regime implosion and new conflict in Afghanistan ...

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Dealmaker, Peacemaker, President March 09, 2025

“What the f— are we doing here?” asked President Trump in the summer of 2017.Nearly a year into his first term, Trump’s national security adviser had just proposed sending an additional 3,000 to 5,000 troops to Afghanistan, prompting his boss’s frust...

Trump Shouldn’t Let Ukraine Become His Afghanistan February 22, 2025

This February 24 marks year three of the Russia-Ukraine war, with President Donald Trump pushing for an end to the conflict through a deal that could end up with Ukraine making significant concessions to Russia. ...

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Local Forces and Counterinsurgency Campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq February 22, 2025

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Afghanistan’s Taliban Makes Debut Diplomatic Trip to Japan February 17, 2025

Afghanistan: Apparent Suicide Blast Targets Ministry Complex February 13, 2025

Munich Terror Attack Will Fuel Support for AFD February 13, 2025

Germany has, once again, been rattled by a terror attack. This Thursday the target was a protest rally that was organised by a trade union. The authorities revealed that a 24-year-old asylum seeker from Afghanistan had tailed the protest march with h...

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The ICC is Courting Payback February 12, 2025

President Trump’s executive order placing sanctions on members of the International Criminal Court has met with strong opposition from European and other close allies who regard the ICC as legitimate. But Trump’s move illustrates the difference betwe...

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The Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan February 08, 2025

The country is suffering a humanitarian crisis that will deepen if US aid is halted permanently. And turning the country into a pariah state will serve no nation’s interest. ...

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Greenland: Warmed-Over McKinley or a Security Deal February 06, 2025

When the United States asked its friends for help earlier in this century, Denmark stepped forward, sending troops to fight and sometimes die in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now Danes face threats and intimidation from the United States in the form of Presi...

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Afghanistan Faces a Complex Set of Challenges in 2025 January 10, 2025

The year just ended was a tumultuous one for Afghanistan, marked by many significant events that will continue to challenge the country in 2025. ...

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Ukraine Isn’t Fighting a ‘Forever War.’ January 08, 2025

Donald Trump’s election victory in November brought him praise and congratulations from leaders and governments around the world. ...

Don’t Repeat in Syria the Mistakes of Afghanistan January 02, 2025

Isolating Damascus’s New Rulers Won’t Moderate Them ...

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Trump Should Seek To Avoid War With Iran December 20, 2024

With only a month until Donald Trump’s inauguration as president, the Middle East is more chaotic than it has been in years. In early December, Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow, as his regime in Syria collapsed. The western media has become focused on ...

Afghanistan’s Qoshtepa Canal and Water Security in Central Asia December 20, 2024

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The Definitive Case for Ukraine’s Victory December 19, 2024

What comes after the politics of resentment, fear, and polarization? We’ve spent years diagnosing the ailments affecting Free Societies—our divisions and dysfunctions—but have come back empty-handed. We looked for solutions in policy debates and opin...

Taliban’s Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani Killed December 16, 2024

The most high-profile assassination in Afghanistan since 2021 has sparked questions over divisions within the Taliban. ...

Afghanistan Nation-Building Was Never Going To Work December 06, 2024

In Afghanistan, tribalism is at a virtually unparalleled level. Westerners have no idea how deeply disturbing that tribalism can be....

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Russia’s Grand Geo-Economic Plan in Afghanistan November 27, 2024

Moscow moving to make Kabul key component of Greater Eurasian Partnership plan to trade more with South Asia and reduce reliance on China ...

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