Posts Tagged: Afghanistan refugees
Why the World Is Engaging with the Taliban
The Taliban and Pakistan, both viewed warily by the West and others in the international community, appear to be benefiting from mounting concerns about the...
Afghanistan’s Woes Will Haunt America
The beginning of Afghanistan’s miseries, which led to the disastrous rise of the extremist Taliban and is turning the failed state into a major threat...
What Afghanistan Means for Israel and the Palestinians
The Palestinian cheers over the “Afghan mujahedeen victory over the American Crusaders” create the impression that in their view, the Taliban are a worthy model...
Afghanistan Has Lessons for the Gulf
The Gulf states appear to be stuck, for the time being, with a less committed US. That reality will push them to compensate for uncertainty over...
Initial Taliban Moves Don’t Convince Afghanistan’s Neighbors of a New Regime
The Taliban’s record in recent weeks on making good on promises to respect human and women’s rights as well as uphold freedom of the press...
Taliban Victory Threatens to Be a Double-Edged Sword for Pakistan
The notion that religious ultra-conservatism may not remain contained to Afghanistan may be one reason why US President Joe Biden decided to effectively abandon Central...
The Real Lesson of the Afghanistan Debacle for Israel
The seeds of the humiliating American withdrawal from Afghanistan were laid shortly after the post-9/11 US invasion of the country, when it refrained from confronting...
Afghanistan May Be a Bellwether for Saudi-Iranian Rivalry
Had the US withdrawn from Afghanistan several years earlier than it did, chances are that Saudi Arabia would have sought to exploit military advances by the...
EU to Seek to Stop Mass Afghanistan Migration Flows, Draft Statement Says
European Union states are determined to prevent uncontrolled migration from Afghanistan following the takeover of the country by the Taliban, a draft statement prepared for...
Half a Million Afghans Could Flee Across Borders: UNHCR
Up to half a million Afghans could flee their homeland by year-end, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday, appealing to all neighboring countries...
The Taliban Victory as a Victory of Faith
To understand the last 40 years of the Islamic struggle in Afghanistan, it is worth looking at the legacy of Abdullah Azzam. Born in a...
The Taliban and Al-Qaeda: What Next?
The Taliban proved that they value loyalty when they rejected US and Saudi pressure to hand over Osama bin Laden no matter the cost. The...
Little Enthusiasm in the Middle East for the Taliban Victory
Though the Hamas leadership is certainly happy over the sweeping Taliban victory in Afghanistan, the response in its media sites only faintly registered it. Felesteen,...
Who Are the New Taliban? No One Really Knows
To be fair, the Taliban -- despite controlling all of Afghanistan since Sunday, including the capital Kabul -- have yet to announce a government and...
