Posts Tagged: Afghanistan Withdrawal
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Had the US withdrawn from Afghanistan several years earlier than it did, chances are that Saudi Arabia would have sought to exploit military advances by the...
After Afghanistan, the West Must Stand Like a Wall Against the Jihad
With certain deplorable exceptions, anyone who lived through the September 11th attacks must be, at the very least, distressed and disheartened to witness America’s botched...
Biden Aide Guarantees Safe Passage for Americans From Afghanistan
The Biden administration expects the Taliban to continue allowing safe passage for Americans and others to leave Afghanistan after the US military withdrawal is completed...
Instead of Surrendering to Taliban, Biden Could Have Declared Victory
JNS.org - The humiliation of President Joe Biden by a gang of murderous thugs in Afghanistan is just revving up. The latest insult is that...
The US Withdrawal From Afghanistan Empowers International Terrorism
JNS.org - In a stunning statement last Friday in which he defended his withdrawal decision, President Joe Biden claimed that Al-Qaeda was “gone” from Afghanistan....
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...
