Opinions




To be or not to be in Afghanistan is not an easy question for India

  Friday, June 25, 2021

By Dr. Davood Moradian

Abandoning Afghanistan is also a policy option for Delhi, similar to the Tibet situation of 1962.

 

Where Does Afghanistan Fit into NATO’s Grand Strategy?

  Tuesday, June 22, 2021

By Ben Acheson

NATO is leaving Afghanistan – a fact well understood by Afghans. Such clarity in messaging should even be considered a success, given how often NATO and Western allies struggled with communicating their role and...

Can India help keep the Afghan Air Force afloat?

  Tuesday, June 15, 2021

By Kabir Taneja and Angad Singh

The United States (US), by mid-June, has withdrawn more than 50 perc...

A Vietnam Retrospective

  Saturday, May 15, 2021

By Bing West

President Biden has promised that by 2022, the residual American military forces will leave Afghanistan. When that happens, it will complete the trifecta of American failure in its three major wars in the last half-centu...

The ire of Afghanistan's money exchangers exposes the dangers of government reforms

  Monday, May 10, 2021

By Nafay Choudhury

Life seems mostly normal these days in Kabul’s currency-exchange bazaar, Sarai Shahzada. Located in the center of Kabul, the bazaar hosts more than 400 shops, spread over four floors, and facilitates hundreds...