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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

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Mar 10, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

A Pakistani solider involved in an ongoing operation against Taliban fighters in northwest Pakistan on May 22, 2009. (Al Jazeera English via Flickr)

Podcast

Origins of the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban and the Fragile Shariff Government

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Mar 7, 2023

Podcast

The Commonwealth Observer Group, chaired by the former President of the United Republic of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete, witnessed the general elections in Nigeria.

Ballot boxes for the 2019 Nigerian general elections. (Commonwealth Secretariat via Flickr)

Commentary

A Lack of Security Could Undermine Elections in Nigeria

James Barnett

Research Fellow

James Barnett

Feb 13, 2023

Commentary

12 Min Read

Analysis of the causes and consequences of escalating jihadi attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and geostrategic options for India. Anchored by Dr. Sreeram Chaulia and featuring expert commentary by Dr.Aparna Pande, Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute, USA

(Screenshot via Doordarshan/YouTube)

In the Media

Indian Diplomacy: Terrorism in Pakistan and Afghanistan

Aparna Pande

Senior Fellow

Aparna Pande

Feb 6, 2023

In the Media

Taliban fighters stand guard during a military street parade in Maymana, Afghanistan, on January 16, 2022. (Elise Blanchard/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Taliban Liars Will Never Change

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Jan 13, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Screenshot via BBC)

In the Media

Changing Pakistan's National Narrative on Terrorism

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Dec 21, 2022

In the Media

Ahmad Massoud in Panjchir Valley, Afghanistan on September 5, 2019. (Reza/Getty Images)

Commentary

World Must Show Its Support for Afghan Opposition

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Dec 4, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

Taliban fighters stood guard as people searched for relatives outside a hospital after a suicide attack at an education center in Kabul on Friday. (PHOTO: STR/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES)

In the Media

ISIS Strikes in Kabul

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Sep 26, 2022

In the Media

Afghan politician Ahmad Massoud, one of the leaders of the National Resistance Front and son of the famed Mujahideen leader Ahmed Shah Massoud, in Paris, France, on March 22, 2021. (Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Support for Afghan Resistance a No-Brainer

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Sep 25, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

Reports

US Has an Opportunity to Support the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Reports

Long Read

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

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