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UN collusion with the Taliban is betraying Afghan women

August 15, 2024

How Pakistan’s conservative foreign policy has damaged its national interests

September 9, 2022

Welcoming evacuee neighbours in a pandemic

May 17, 2022

Putin's high-risk poker game in Ukraine

February 4, 2022

The hasty withdrawal of the US leaves women’s rights in Afghanistan at risk

January 21, 2022

September 30, 2021

Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan failed long before the Taliban took over

Hager Ali Just days after the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban seized power. Hager Ali argues that the US army and its allies foundered because they couldn't resolve two simple questions: What was Resolute Support’s end state actually supposed to look like? And was it ever attainable through military involvement? Read more

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