Afghanistan

Members of Taliban security force stand guard along a blocked road after a suicide blast near Afghanistan's foreign ministry at the Zanbaq Square in Kabul on January 11, 2023. (Wakil Kohsar via Getty Images)

Commentary

The US Has No Afghan Policy … It Badly Needs One

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Aug 4, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

Abdul Ghani Baradar and Wang Yu attend a press conference to announce an oil extraction contract with a Chinese company in Kabul on January 5, 2023. (Ahmad Sahel Arman via Getty Images)

Commentary

China’s Influence Is Rising in Afghanistan

Adela Raz

Visiting Fellow

Adela Raz

Jul 19, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Screenshot via CNN)

In the Media

Beaten for Eating Ice Cream: The Experience of Afghan Women under Taliban Rule

Adela Raz

Visiting Fellow

Adela Raz

Jul 18, 2023

In the Media

Taliban fighters by Lake Qargha in a western suburb of Kabul City on September 17, 2021. (Kaveh Kazemi via Getty Images)

Commentary

World Cannot Ignore Security Threats Emerging from Afghanistan

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Jun 16, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

Qin Gang meets with Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in Islamabad, Pakistan, on May 6, 2023. (Jiang Chao/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Commentary

How Afghanistan has Become Another Notch in China’s Belt

Arthur Herman

Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

May 17, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby holds a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 16, 2022. (DoD Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class James K. Lee)

John F. Kirby holds a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2022. (DoD photo by James K. Lee)

In the Media

The Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal and Implications for Pakistan

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Apr 10, 2023

In the Media

Crowds fill the tarmac while coalition forces form a security perimeter around the runway at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021. Once airborne, aircrew assigned to the U-28A Draco provided surveillance and reconnaissance of the ground situation at the airport during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of Lt. Col. Scott Hardman)

Crowds fill the tarmac while coalition forces form a security perimeter around the runway at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan, on August 16, 2021. (US Air Force photo by Scott Hardman)

In the Media

The Afghanistan Failure Started Long before August 2021

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Mar 14, 2023

In the Media

A U.S. Air Force security forces raven, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, maintains security aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA), Afghanistan, Aug. 24, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen)

A US Air Force security forces raven maintains security aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan on August 24, 2021. (US Air Force photo by Donald R. Allen)

Commentary

How the US Lost the Plot in Afghanistan