Kabul wishes to have independent foreign policy despite hoping for outside financial support as stated by Afghanistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salaam Hanafi on Wednesday. Abdul Salaam Hanafi said …
Americans strongly oppose aid to Afghanistan, fear money landing in Taliban’s hands: Poll
A majority of American voters oppose providing humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, as they fear the money will end up in the pockets of the Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism), according to a …
US: Bernie Sanders Asks Biden To Release Funds & Support Afghanistan To Avert ‘crisis’
Senator Bernie Sanders of United States has urged President Joe Biden to “immediately release” billions of dollars in frozen Afghan assets to avoid a “crisis.” …
Trouble in the Eurasian heartland: Kazakhstan is pushed to the brink
Trouble in Central Asia was expected but not so soon after the American forces left Afghanistan overnight – declaring they are not mortal enemies of the Taliban. Recall, Joe Biden, a decade ago, had …
State Dept Counselor Derek Chollet on China, Russia, Iran and more
Host Michael Morell talks with Chollet about the way forward for the U.S. in approaching challenges posed by Russia, Iran, Afghanistan and China.
Funding the insurgency: The Taliban in Afghanistan
The Taliban’s resurgence since 2001 has been largely funded by the creation of an opium economy and extortion. Now, with the withdrawal of U.S. troops, …
Funding the insurgency: The Taliban in Afghanistan
The Taliban’s resurgence since 2001 has been largely funded by the creation of an opium economy and extortion. Now, with the withdrawal of U.S. troops, …
In Afghanistan, Freedom Of Media, Journalists lost after Taliban Takeover: Report
Afghanistan: The Home of Freedom of Speech expressed concern about the situation of the media, journalists, and freedom of speech after the Taliban take over.
Will the China-Pakistan-Taliban troika in Afghanistan make India irrelevant?
India’s actions in Afghanistan stem more out of pique for the triumph of radical Taliban and its mentor Pakistan, and less due to the lack of strategic options.
Afghanistan Is in Meltdown, and the US Is Helping to Speed It Up
When the United States withdrew from Afghanistan last summer, it was left with a critical choice: allow the collapse of a state that had mostly been kept afloat by foreign aid or work with the Taliban …