About a month before the publication of this book, on the 31st of August, The Washington Post published excerpts from it, for the main reason that the book author, Craig Whitlock, had been one of its…

A few days after the fall of Kabul into the hands of the Taliban, Ann Hornaday, a film critic in The Washington Post wrote that “we have seen this movie before.” This often-used expression also has…

The entire world is, legitimately, overwhelmed by the dramatic scenes of Taliban’s return to the peak of power in Afghanistan, following the haste and chaotic withdrawal of the United States and NATO…

This week, American newspapers and televisions showed horrifying scenes of desperate Afghans trying to enter US military planes at Kabul airport and running alongside a plane as it prepared to take…

The Taliban entered the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday 15th August, following a week of rapid territorial gains from retreating government forces battling to hold off the Islamist militant group. …

The incumbent authority in Afghanistan collapsed very quickly, and the extremist militant Taliban swept vast swathes of the country to reach the capital Kabul even earlier than expected, announcing…

Taliban is an Islamist movement that has reappeared at the international and regional scene as it succeeded in regaining control over Afghanistan following a 20-year absence since the American war on…

Russia-China military cooperation continues to deepen. On August 9th the two sides kicked off five-day-long joint military exercises in China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The exercise includes…

Terrorism, be it in South Asia, the Middle East, or West Africa, is regrettably enjoying a resurgence. The US decision to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan has, as anticipated, only emboldened the…

The withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Afghanistan has unleashed a fresh wave of violence. Taliban forces have stepped up attacks across the country and overrun a growing number of districts…