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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
Terrorism
Terrorism
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United States President Donald Trump speaks to the press before he departs from the White House on January 31, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Armed Taliban security personnel sit atop an armored vehicle as they ride along a street in Khash district, Badakhshan province, on September 1, 2024. (Omer Abrar/AFP via Getty Images)
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Afghan women use sewing machines at a workshop in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on December 1, 2022. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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An Afghan man sells Taliban flags in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 13, 2024. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)
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Taliban military vehicles parade to celebrate the third anniversary of Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in Bagram, Afghanistan, on August 14, 2024. (Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP via Getty Images)
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman during his visit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on April 29, 2024. (Bandar Al-Jaloud/Saudi Royal Court/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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US special envoy Amos Hochstein meets with Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon, on June 18, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images)
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Afghan people holding flags in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 15, 2023. (Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Ezra Cohen
Adjunct Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Garrett Exner
Adjunct Fellow
