US Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Experts say to maintain influence Washington “will need at a minimum to recognize the Taliban government.”

Put together, these two seemingly unrelated developments signal a new U.S. strategy in the competition with China.

Washington has repeatedly intervened in other nations, with ostensibly good intentions. Yet it has achieved none of its purported foreign policy goals.

Western nations should swiftly move to restrict the space, capability, authority of the new Taliban regime in Kabul.

A conversation about the last 20 years in Afghanistan.

Despite the intention to refocus U.S. energy and attention on the Asia-Pacific, difficult questions remain as to the benefits for U.S. China policy.

After the fall of Kabul, there will be an element of doubt surrounding U.S. commitments in the Indo-Pacific.

The impact of Taliban rule on the country's security situation is unclear, but is likely to be less marked than in the 1980s and 1990s.

Where was the Afghan military and the warlords?

A conversation with a veteran war reporter.

The coming weeks and months will reveal the exact role the United States envisions for Pakistan in Afghanistan after the U.S. military withdrawal is complete.

The impending U.S. withdrawal could leave Afghanistan vulnerable to a fresh takeover by the Taliban.

After the last American soldier departs Afghanistan in September, India and Pakistan will be left with some very difficult, unsavory, choices.

Amid a serious regional churn, Islamabad may not be ready to jettison its long-time ally just yet.

It's past time for India to take stock of new realities in Afghanistan.

The incident is the latest green-on-blue attack in Afghanistan.

Irrespective of the election outcome, Pakistan will remain deeply involved in Afghanistan.

The United States is considering selling and transferring some of its Afghan War surplus to Pakistan.