كل ما تود معرفته عن Afghanistan

An Afghan farmers harvests opium sap from a poppy field in Zari District in Kandahar province on April 9, 2018. (Getty)

Helmand’s Flower That Threatens Us All

A peace deal inAfghanistanmay be on the horizon. The latest round of high-level negotiations betweenthe United Statesand theTalibanended last week inDohawithout a formal agreement, but with cautious…

Matthew S. Reid and Cybele C. Greenberg 31 March 2019

Building the Nation: Missed Opportunities in Iraq and Afghanistan by Heather Selma Gregg

Gregg believes that U.S. security needs will always drive Washington to attempt to salvage failed or fragile states. So the United States needs to understand why it failed to build nations…

by John Waterbury 19 March 2019

Negotiations Are the Best Way to End the War in Afghanistan

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Barnett R. Rubin 15 March 2019

Is the Taliban Making a Pledge It Cannot Keep?

InDohain late January,the United Statesand the Afghan Taliban agreed in principle to the contours of a peace deal. Under its terms, theTalibanwould guarantee that Afghan territory would never be…

Tricia Bacon 01 March 2019

The United States' Perpetual War in Afghanistan

In October, the U.S. intervention in Afghanistan will turn 17. The human and material costs of what has become the United States’ longest-ever war are colossal. More than 2,000 U.S. military…

Tanisha M. Fazal and Sarah Kreps 24 August 2018

Why Peace Talks Are Washington's Best Bet in Afghanistan

[caption id="attachment_55256004" align="alignnone" width="940"] In this photograph taken on August 27, 2017 Afghan Commandos transport a colleague feigning an injury on a stretcher as they…

Majalla 30 March 2018

Russia's Afghanistan Strategy

[caption id="attachment_55255134" align="aligncenter" width="3369"] President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin (R) meets with President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani…

Majalla 05 January 2018

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