A new book by Australian photo-journalist Andrew Quilty records the last chaotic days of the failed American nation-building exercise in Afghanistan.
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Nine agencies, most of them faith-based, are resettling Afghan evacuees in the US. But the system is under strain.
The problems of the withdrawal were clear in my experience trying to help Afghan researchers.
The caretaker leader for Afghanistan represents a compromise candidate for Taliban factions, but his reactionary past has drawn concern over the fate of minority and women’s rights.
The most important lesson from the US withdrawal from Afghanistan may be our failure to learn from history.
The potential failure of the US military to protect information that can identify Afghan citizens raises questions about whether and how biometric data should be collected in war zones.
A historian explains how the Taliban emerged out of the decades of chaos that followed the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan in 1978.
The Vietnam War was the defining issue for Joe Biden’s generation. His botched withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan could be the defining act of his presidency.
One province is holding out against Taliban rule.
Don’t be misled by the scenes from Kabul airport. Most Afghan refugees don’t leave in an airplane and few will settle in the United States.
Every corner of the Middle East and North Africa will be touched in some way by the failure of American authority in Afghanistan.
The Taliban ‘expect a complete handover of power.’ Experts explain who the Taliban are, what life is like under their rule and how the US may bear responsibility for Afghanistan’s collapse.
A scholar and practitioner of foreign policy and national security offers personal and professional perspectives on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
In its peace deal with the US, the Taliban ‘pledged’ to prevent al-Qaeda from operating out of Afghanistan. But there are signs the terror group is already there, hiding out of sight.
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Assistant Professor of History, Penn State
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Professor of Anthropology, Emerita, Concordia University
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PhD Candidate in Development Studies, SOAS, University of London
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Senior Professorial Lecturer of Global Governance, Politics and Security, American University School of International Service
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Director, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Associate Professor of International Relations and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Agnes Scott College
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Director, Human Rights Institute, Associate Prof. Social Work and Human Rights, University of Connecticut
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Assistant Dean for Washington Programs, Maxwell School of Citzenship & Public Affairs, Syracuse University
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Assistant Professor (Continuing Adjunct), School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Taylor Reveley Research Professor and Professor of Law, Director, Digital Democracy Lab, William & Mary
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SNSF Postdoctoral Researcher/ Visiting Fellow, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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Professor of International Politics and Policy, UCL
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Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Connecticut
