Afghanistan

In the Media

Surrender in Afghanistan—One Year Later

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Aug 15, 2022

In the Media

Taliban fighters check vehicles and passengers at a security checkpoint on January 14, 2022, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

Commentary

Afghanistan Adrift One Year after the Taliban Takeover

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Aug 9, 2022

Commentary

7 Min Read

In the Media

No One Needs 86,000 More IRS Agents

Michael R. Pompeo

Former Distinguished Fellow

Michael R. Pompeo

Aug 7, 2022

In the Media

In the Media

Husain Haqqani on America's Global Leadership

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Aug 5, 2022

In the Media

In the Media

The Relationship between the Taliban and al-Qaeda

H.R. McMaster

Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair

H.R. McMaster

Aug 3, 2022

In the Media

In the Media

US Kills Al-Qaeda Leader in Afghanistan Operation

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Aug 2, 2022

In the Media

Taliban soldiers stand guard as inmates sit in a prison courtyard while waiting to be released on orders from the Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada at Kandahar Central Prison in Kandahar on July 5, 2022. (Photo by JAVED TANVEER/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Afghanistan’s Downward Spiral

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Jul 22, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

Podcast

Counterbalance | Ep. 40: The Fall of Afghanistan and Invasion of Ukraine Tell a Story of American Grand Strategy, or Lack Thereof

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Marshall Kosloff

Media Fellow

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs & Marshall Kosloff

May 12, 2022

Podcast

Commentary

Biden Keeping Half of Afghanistan’s $7B in Assets for 9/11 Victims

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Feb 13, 2022

Commentary

1 Min Read

Taliban police are seen at a checkpoint on September 24, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Commentary

Making Sense of the Islamic State’s War on the Afghan Taliban

Abdul Sayed

Independent Researcher

Pieter Van Ostaeyen

historian and Arabist and a PhD candidate in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Univeristy of Leuven

Charlie Winter

Director of Research, Extrac

Abdul Sayed, Pieter Van Ostaeyen & Charlie Winter

Jan 25, 2022

Commentary

Long Read

In the Media

Afghanistan Sent Signal of Bad Thinking, Weakness and Irresolution

Douglas J. Feith

Senior Fellow

Douglas J. Feith

Jan 18, 2022

In the Media

The Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Rankin is seen during AUSINDEX 21, a biennial maritime exercise between the Royal Australian Navy and the Indian Navy on September 5, 2021 in Darwin, Australia (Yuri Ramsey/Australian Defence Force/Getty Images)

Reports

Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific: Two Different Worlds