Afghanistan

Commentary

Biden Keeping Half of Afghanistan’s $7B in Assets for 9/11 Victims

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Feb 13, 2022

Commentary

1 Min Read

Taliban police are seen at a checkpoint on September 24, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Commentary

Making Sense of the Islamic State’s War on the Afghan Taliban

Abdul Sayed

Independent Researcher

Pieter Van Ostaeyen

historian and Arabist and a PhD candidate in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Univeristy of Leuven

Charlie Winter

Director of Research, Extrac

Abdul Sayed, Pieter Van Ostaeyen & Charlie Winter

Jan 25, 2022

Commentary

Long Read

In the Media

Afghanistan Sent Signal of Bad Thinking, Weakness and Irresolution

Douglas J. Feith

Senior Fellow

Douglas J. Feith

Jan 18, 2022

In the Media

The Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Rankin is seen during AUSINDEX 21, a biennial maritime exercise between the Royal Australian Navy and the Indian Navy on September 5, 2021 in Darwin, Australia (Yuri Ramsey/Australian Defence Force/Getty Images)

Reports

Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific: Two Different Worlds

James J. Przystup

Senior Fellow, Japan Chair

James J. Przystup

Reports

11 Min Read

A Taliban fighter mans a machine gun mounted on a vehicle near the venue of an open-air pro-Taliban rally on the outskirts of Kabul on October 3, 2021 (Photo by HOSHANG HASHIMI/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Betting on a ‘New’ Afghanistan? Forget It

Seth Cropsey

President, Yorktown Institute

Harry Halem

Research Assistant

Seth Cropsey & Harry Halem

Oct 4, 2021

Commentary

7 Min Read

In the Media

Imran Khan: Afghanistan’s Soil Should Not Be Used for Terrorism

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Sep 21, 2021

In the Media

In the Media

Afghan Exit Chaos

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Sep 13, 2021

In the Media

Commentary

Afghanistan's Future

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Sep 10, 2021

Commentary

1 Min Read

Podcast

Counterbalance | Ep. 27: What the Fall of Afghanistan Means for the Future of Geopolitics

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Marshall Kosloff

Media Fellow

Husain Haqqani, Michael Doran & Marshall Kosloff

Sep 9, 2021

Podcast

In the Media

Biden Administration Continues To Deflect Blame

Michael R. Pompeo

Distinguished Fellow

Michael R. Pompeo

Sep 8, 2021

In the Media

U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots load passengers aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA), Afghanistan, Aug. 24, 2021 (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen)

Commentary

The Afghan Effect: US Afghan Withdrawal to Accelerate Alliance Change

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Sep 1, 2021

Commentary

5 Min Read

Taliban fighters on a pick-up truck move around a market area, flocked with local Afghan people at the Kote Sangi area of Kabul on August 17, 2021, after Taliban seized control of the capital following the collapse of the Afghan government (Photo by HOSHA

Commentary

Sanctions on the Taliban Will Hurt Afghan Citizens. Here’s How To Fix That.