While the US admitted about 70,000 Afghans into the country on an emergency basis in 2021, the measure is temporary, and these people remain in legal limbo.
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The Taliban’s 2.0 government has proven to be as dreadfully extremist and discriminatory as its previous reign of terror.
The terrorist attack in Iran follows a concerted effort by the Islamic State affiliate to ‘internationalize’ its strategy.
The US response to 9/11 included a declaration that America would destroy its enemies. The effort took decades, and thousands of lives on both sides, and never really succeeded.
Women who served in unofficial combat and intelligence roles during the Afghanistan war offer brutally honest accounts of their experiences.
A US Air Force professor of philosophy weighs in on Prince Harry’s decision to disclose his ‘body count’ from his service in Afghanistan.
A military historian and U.S. Army veteran explains how wars are not easy to win – something political leaders often forget when looking at the calculus of conflict.
A historian explains how the Taliban emerged out of the decades of chaos that followed the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan in 1978.
It may be attractive to think that promoting democracy in occupied foreign countries is an appropriate moral and effective path for restoring security and stability. But it’s not accurate.
When the US invaded Afghanistan in late 2001, Afghans had endured 22 years of war. The Taliban were on the rise. Little has changed after an additional 20 years of war and suffering.
For much of the country’s history, Americans won their wars decisively, with the complete surrender of enemy forces and the home front’s perception of total victory.
Burqas and male chaperones for women were features of the Taliban’s extremist rule of Afghanistan in the 1990s. Those policies are now back in some districts controlled by these Islamic militants.
Two decades have passed since the US invasion of Afghanistan toppled the Taliban’s Islamic extremist regime. Despite efforts to update its image, the group still holds hard-line views.
Afghanistan is descending into anarchy as Nato troops withdraw, leaving the country desperately fighting off a Taliban insurgency.
As American troops leave Afghanistan, a scholar of the country’s history and culture reexamines his photos of the nation’s people.
As Afghans head to the polls on September 28, peace still remains elusive.
A ceasefire with the Taliban won’t make it safe to send more refugees back to Afghanistan.
A Taliban perspective on recent peace talks for Afghanistan.
Obama’s plan to withdraw from Afghanistan had several facets and was part of a wider strategy in the Middle East.
A strategy to shut down Taliban safe havens in Pakistan could bring the war to an end.
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Visiting Research Professor, The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace Security and Justice, Queen's University Belfast
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Chamberlain Project Teaching Fellow, Wesleyan University
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Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor of International Politics, Lancaster University
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Research Fellow, Cambridge Muslim College & Teaching Fellow, SOAS, University of London
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Researcher at the Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET), Lund University
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Professor of Political Science, California State University, Long Beach
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Professor, International Politics, University of Exeter
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Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, La Trobe University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Director, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Clemson University
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Associate Professor of Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies, Indiana University
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Provost Associate Professor, American University School of International Service