Opinions
Does Beijing grasp the portent of embracing Afghanistan and the Taliban?
By Raffaello Pantucci
Raffaello Pantucci says it is not clear that Beijing fully appreciates the role it is taking on by trying to broker peace in strife-torn Afghanistan
The 2018-19 period has been noteworthy in one way: it has seen...
Afghanistan at a Crossroads
By Dr. Davood Moradian
Any agreement between the Taliban and the U.S. at the expense of the Afghan government and people is doomed to fail
Afghanistan is seeing growing national, regional and global attempt...
Can the Afghan Peace Process Succeed?
By Mohammad Shoaib Haidary
Talks with the Taliban must include long-term, patient efforts to negotiate and resolve the disagreements between the Afghans on the issue of peace.
Vietnam Redux in Afghanistan: Peace as an Extension of War by Other Means
By Anthony H. Cordesman
It would be unfair to accuse any element of the US. Government as having had the wrong strategy for Afghanistan. The real accusation should be that it has had so many partially conflicting strategies that it never prope...
The Taliban’s Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001): ‘War-Making and State-Making’ as an Insurgency Strategy
By Dr. Yaqub Ibrahimi
The establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) was the Taliban’s first effort to transform into a state structure in the midst of the Afghan civil war. However, the eff...
