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on August 1, 2022, Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers (in brown) and Pakistani Rangers take part in the Beating the Retreat ceremony at the India-Pakistan Wagah border post, about 35 km from Amritsar.

Pakistan's Naval personnel rescue flood-affected people from their damaged houses after heavy monsoon rains in Dadu district, Sindh province on September 7, 2022. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images)

In the Media

The Floods Are Worse, the Aid Inadequate

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Sep 19, 2022

In the Media

A flooded residential area in Dera Allah Yar town after heavy monsoon rains in Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province on August 30, 2022. (Fida Hussain/AFP via Getty Images)

In the Media

Pakistan Flooding Continues

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Sep 12, 2022

In the Media

Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri photographed in 2001. (Hamid Mir via Wikimedia Commons http://centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/features/pakistan/main/2011/05/03/feature-02)

In the Media

Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Sep 12, 2022

In the Media

Members of Taliban led government, as well as many Afghan men participate in celebrations marking the 1st anniversary of the US-led troops' withdrawal from the country in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 31, 2022. (Photo by Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Members of Taliban led government, as well as many Afghan men, participate in celebrations marking the first anniversary of the US-led troops' withdrawal from the country in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 31, 2022. (Photo by Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Taliban’s Amir on the “Victory” in Afghanistan

Sara Hakimi

MA Candidate, Georgetown University and former diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan

C. Christine Fair

Professor of Security Studies

Sara Hakimi & C. Christine Fair

Sep 9, 2022

Commentary

Long Read

A man looks on at a snow-covered security checkpoint that marks the entrance to Logar province, beyond the southern gate on January 17, 2022, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

Commentary

How Taliban Instability is a Risk to Central Asia

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Sep 9, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

Taliban gunmen control Kandahar-Herat Highway, near Kandahar on October 31, 2001. (Banaras Khan/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

On 9/11 Anniversary, End the Self-Delusion about America’s Enemies

H.R. McMaster

Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair

H.R. McMaster

Sep 9, 2022

Commentary

1 Min Read

In the Media

The Monsoon Floods Push Aside Even Imran Khan

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Aug 31, 2022

In the Media

Cover photo for an article published by al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) magazine Hitteen on China, Pakistan, and the Uyghurs. (Riccardo Valle and Lucas Webber)

Commentary

The Historical Evolution of al-Qaeda’s Positions on China

Riccardo Valle

Researcher focused on jihadism, armed groups, and politics in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.

Lucas Webber

Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst, Tech Against Terrorism

Riccardo Valle & Lucas Webber

Aug 31, 2022

Commentary

Long Read

A memorial at Camp Lejeune on August 6, 2022, for the thirteen service members killed in the 2021 Kabul airport suicide bombing. (Lance Cpl. Jessica J. Mazzamuto/USMC)

Commentary

Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal Remains Catastrophe of American Weakness a Year Later