More: Afghanistan
The international disorder after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the causes of the Taliban victory
What does the defeat of the US system in Afghanistan show? Can war-torn Afghanistan achieve peace and independence? Where is the way out for...
Russia’s War on Terror(ism)
The chaotic US exit strategy from Afghanistan, the quick Taliban takeover, the resurgence of Isis-K attacks and the rise of militant factions have emphasized...
Comparing textbooks: Even Afghanistan scores better than Pakistan
Societal struggles and reform often take unexpected turns in vast swaths of land stretching from the Middle East into Central Asia.
Take education for example.
The...
Pakistan as a Gateway
Pakistan is a gateway state and has been facilitating the US in the past. Since early 1950s, Pakistan joined American club and was working...
Is Afghanistan Slipping Out?
Looking at the worsening situation in Afghanistan, India has shut down its consulates at Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Herat. At the same time India...
The Taliban Takeover and Afghans Ontological (In)Security
Since the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan in mid-August 2021, the general public, media, and academic environments have tremendously discussed the event’s security implications....
Murderous Immortalities: Taliban Victory, Palestinian “Resistance” and Jihadi Terrorism
“An immortal person is a contradiction in terms.”-Emmanuel Levinas, God, Death and Time (2000)
Taliban Victory and Jihadi Terror: Strategic and Legal Connections
At the surface,...
And Afghanistan Survives as the Graveyard of Empires
Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan once tried hard to conquer the area now known as Afghanistan. Not just as "The Graveyard of Empires"...
Afghanistan highlights link between religious soft power and Gulf security
When Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed Abdulrahman Al-Thani this week described the Taliban’s repressive policies towards women and brutal administration of justice as “very...
Pakistan: The handy Afghan bête noire?
The portents are that the United States has once again found a convenient scapegoat to blame for the Afghan debacle. Wow, the US generals...