Afghanistan security

The India-hosted meeting revealed the geopolitical fault lines that have prevented a unified pan-regional response to Afghanistan’s multiple cascading crises.

Afghans who used to work for the government now fear for their lives under Taliban rule. 

The latest attack in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province confirms what analysts already feared: Taliban advances in Afghanistan are emboldening terrorists seeking to target Chinese interests in Pakistan.

Just as in 2014, there is a sense of anxiety bordering on panic about the impending U.S. withdrawal.

As the U.S. embarks on its final withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban moved to strike provincial centers and peace talks remain stalled.

In Afghanistan's case, devolving power to local institutions will only encourage further jihadism designed to wring concessions from the state.

The U.S. is ready to make peace with the Taliban. But can Afghanistan’s political factions come to terms with each other?

“The defeat of Daesh is definitive,” says a district governor. But the group’s impact is still being felt on the ground.

From 2010 to 2020, the Taliban insurgency picked up steam while Afghanistan’s institutional dysfunction deepened.

Both sides need to carefully manage this issue to avoid damaging the wider relationship.

Since Monday, 3 American soldiers and 20 Afghan troops have been killed in Taliban attacks.