Analytics
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Are Taliban Conditions Threatening Istanbul Conference?
The Taliban approach to the Istanbul meeting reflects their mood to show lack of interest. The Taliban want all decisions to be taken in Qatar where they have had their headquarters since 2013 and signed the historic agreement with the…
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Afghanistan’s Moment of Risk and Opportunity
The main risk to peace, however, is a Taliban miscalculation. The Taliban still believe their own narrative that they have defeated NATO and the United States
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Why Biden Decided to Withdraw from Afghanistan?
The White House has declared that American troops stationed in Afghanistan will leave in September, ending their 20-year presence. Why has US President
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What Role Can Turkey Play in the Afghanistan Peace Process?
For Turkey, Afghanistan has never felt distant, historically or socially. Centuries ago, Turkic peoples migrated to Anatolia from Khorasan, the ancient region covering today’s Afghanistan and beyond. Today these ties are still alive
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No Plan B; Afghanistan, Kashmir should Bring Peace themselves
Kashmiris and Afghans need to understand that world leaders and powers are meditating on these issues for their own interests and they have no “Plan B”.
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An Interim Government would Bring Ruin to Afghanistan
The tragedy of the US Afghan strategy is that it has proved to be a gift that keeps on giving the Taliban concessions while delegitimising the Afghan state, government, military and people
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Pakistan’s Taliban Strategy: A Half-Century of Terror?
An Islamist Afghanistan suzerain to Pakistan is the ISI’s ideal solution but, failing that, an insurgency-ridden perpetually destabilized Afghanistan will do
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Afghanistan crisis; What Issues Biden Hide from Americans?
While ultimately Afghanistan may need to develop a viable government structure that shares power with the Taliban, neither side has shown any particular interest in such an arrangement
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New US plan could Erase Decades of Progress in Afghanistan
The draft plan has certainly re-energised the talks in Doha, with the Afghan sides meeting almost daily ever since its announcement. However, the proposal also has several shortcomings and could prove detrimental to peace in the long term
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International Consensus Needed for Taliban’s “Non-Return Through Force”
A Taliban onslaught behind their traditional rural bases, and in the absence of a credible international deterrent, could result in the worst kind of civil war and mass murders
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