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.