Tag: Afghanistan

Afghanistan. US Embassy in Kabul Issues Threat Alert (VoA)

A few hours after U.S. President Joe Biden said another attack on the Kabul airport is likely within the next 24 to 36 hours,...

Afghanistan/China. China’s Goals after the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan (GMF)

Bonnie S. Glaser, Andrew Small GMF’s Asia analysts Bonnie Glaser and Andrew Small answer some of the most important questions about what China’s goals in...

Afghanistan. Thousands are Fleeing Afghanistan. What Happens to Their Property? (New America Foundation)

Yuliya Panfil In the days since Afghanistan’s swift fall to the Taliban, news coverage has focused on the thousands of Afghans desperately attempting to leave...

Afghanistan/Pakistan. With US Withdrawal, Rights of Afghan Refugees in Pakistan Hang in the Balance (Center for Global Development)

Denielle Amparado, Helen Dempster and Imran Khan Laghari For over forty years, Pakistan has hosted over 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees, and approximately one million more unregistered Afghan...

Afghanistan. Talibanisation of Afghanistan (CLAWS)

By Brig. Dinesh Mathur (Retd.) The challenge has returned, to where it began. The quest for the establishment of a broad-based, gender-sensitive, multi-ethnic and fully representative,...

Afghanistan. Charting Mass Internal Displacement in Afghanistan (CSIS)

Matthew P. Funaiole e Erol Yayboke As the Taliban strengthen their control over Afghanistan, a large-scale internal displacement crisis is unfolding. Charting Mass Internal Displacement in...

Afghanistan/NATO. Fall of Kabul: Inconvenient Truths for NATO (CSIS)

Rachel Ellehuus e Pierre Morcos Since 2001, the United States and its NATO allies and partners had been heavily committed in Afghanistan, where more than 3,500...

Afghanistan. Before the Taliban took Afghanistan, it took the internet (Atlantic Council)

Emerson T. Brooking The Taliban insurgents who conquered nearly all of Afghanistan in just two weeks counted social media among their weapons. They deployed Facebook and WhatsApp...

Afghanistan. The World Reacts to Afghanistan (Lawfare)

Jen Patja Howell Much of the world has been watching the rapidly developing situation in Afghanistan with a mix of shock and anguish. Bryce Klehm...

Afghanistan/UN. UN Preparing for Exodus of Half-Million Afghan Refugees (VoA)

Lisa Schlein U.N. agencies are appealing for nearly $300 million in preparation for the possible exodus of hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees, seeking safety...

Afghanistan/Albania. First Group of Afghan Evacuees Arrives in Albania (VoA)

Armand Mero, Keida Kostreci ​A first group of 121 evacuees from Afghanistan arrived early Friday in Albania, after the country agreed to temporarily house at-risk Afghan...

Afghanistan. WHO: Afghanistan Running Out of Medical Supplies to Treat Sick, Wounded (VoA)

Lisa Schlein The World Health Organization says only a few days of medical supplies are left in Afghanistan to treat the health needs of millions...

Afghanistan/USA. US Launches Airstrike Against IS Individual in Afghanistan (VoA)

Steve Herman The U.S. military launched a drone strike Saturday targeting a member of an Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate. The Central Command said the strike...

Afghanistan. ‘The Taliban Are Looking for Me’ (HRW)

Patricia Gossman Yesterday’s bombing at Kabul’s international airport has drastically curtailed evacuation flights for at-risk Afghans. The effort was already winding down, after getting out some human...

Afghanistan/China. Afghanistan’s China Town reopens, not disrupted by the deadly blasts in Kabul airport: sources (Global Times)

File photo shows an Afghan vendor prepares food ahead of Eid-al-Fitr festival in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan.Photo: Xinhua The China Town in Afghanistan's capital of...

Afghanistan/BRI/China. If the Taliban seek to ‘build Afghanistan,’ the BRI may be key (Global Times)

Wang Cong With the chaotic evacuation of the US and its allies from the Kabul airport still underway and profound political and security uncertainty still...