Establishment journalists and politicians are despairingly asking: Why did we fail in our well-meaning efforts to help the Afghan people? What were our mistakes? But they ignore their first mistake: creating the Taliban. The USA’s attempts to dominate Afghanistan and its resources began 40 years ago when Jimmy Carter in one of his last acts as president approved a CIA […]

Lo llamaron “Tempestad de acero”, vigoroso apelativo para describir un operativo militar pretendidamente devastador contra los laboratorios de producción de heroína en manos de los talibanes. Fue en noviembre del 2017 y el Pentágono empleó los últimos adelantos tecnológicos para bombardear las factorías de droga afganas que procesan el opio. La operación fue presentada como un éxito en la lucha […]

L’Afghanistan tornato nelle mani dei talebani apre scenari inediti su cinque fronti cruciali per la sicurezza globale: la faida jihadista per il controllo di Kabul; il rafforzamento di Qatar, Pakistan e Turchia nel mondo musulmano; la necessità per l’America di Biden di riguadagnare in fretta prestigio ed autorità; l’opportunità per Cina e Russia di modificare a proprio favore gli equilibri […]

Was wiegt schwerer – ein amerikanischer Präsident, der die Beistandsklausel des Nato-Vertrags infrage stellt, oder ein amerikanischer Präsident, der die Verbündeten am Nasenring durch die afghanische Manege führt? Donald Trump oder Joe Biden: Welche Politik des America first erweist sich als unheilvoller für die Europäer? Das Ausmass des politischen Schadens, den Biden mit dem chaotischen, unilateral verfügten Abzug aus Afghanistan […]

The US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan discussed today in an interview with CBS “Face the Nation” the evolving relationship between Washington and the Afghan Taliban. Three things emerge. First, Sullivan disclosed that “over-the-horizon strikes” against the ISIS-K from outside Afghanistan will continue but he ruled out any return to combat missions. Second, Sullivan claimed that after the complete withdrawal […]

As a tsunami of crocodile tears engulfs Western politicians, history is suppressed. More than a generation ago, Afghanistan won its freedom, which the United States, Britain and their “allies” destroyed. In 1978, a liberation movement led by the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) overthrew the dictatorship of Mohammad Dawd, the cousin of King Zahir Shar. It was an immensely […]

Americans have been shocked by videos of thousands of Afghans risking their lives to flee the Taliban’s return to power in their country – and then by an Islamic State suicide bombing and ensuing massacre by U.S. forces that together killed at least 170 people, including 13 U.S. troops. Even as UN agencies warn of an impending humanitarian crisis in […]

The United States and India have agreed to continue to work closely on the latest developments in Afghanistan, says the State Department. The agreement came during a phone call between US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken and Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday. In a statement, the State Department said the two sides discussed a broad range […]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says it has received evacuation applications from over 2,000 Afghan journalists. The largest global body of journalists, IFJ said it had approached the Taliban to arrange safe passage for Afghan media workers from the Kabul airport. AFJ Deputy Secretary-General Jeremy Dear told a Pakistani newspaper they had already received the applications from Afghan media […]

Almost two weeks after the take over of Kabul, the Taliban says that efforts are still underway to form an inclusive political system in Afghanistan. Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, a leading member of the Taliban negotiation team, says that leaders of Taliban and Afghan politicians are trying to form a system in which all ethnic groups are represented. “All people […]