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Then-State Sen. Aisha Wahab speaks to the crowd gathered during the Ramadan Iftar on April 10, 2023, at the state Capitol in downtown Sacramento, California
Middle East

By shunning the Taliban, the world is hurting normal Afghans

Rep. Aisha Wahab is right: International isolation has hurt the people while doing little to hinder the regime

Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi, Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi, and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan Mohammad Ishaq Dar
Asia-Pacific

When US left Afghanistan, China moved in. So how's it going?

Five years on, Beijing's relations with the Taliban are a study in pragmatism and patience, but not exactly as expected

What Pakistan's 'open war' on Taliban in Afghanistan really means
QiOSK

What Pakistan's 'open war' on Taliban in Afghanistan really means

They hit Kabul and Kandahar hard, but believes it can manage escalation to achieve its goals

Xi Jinping Donald Trump Vladimir Putin
Middle East

Why Trump won't get Afghanistan's Bagram base back

While the Taliban have of course objected, Russia and China would have something to say too

Afghan deportations Iran
Middle East

Millions of Afghans forced to return to a hellscape the world forgot

Iran and Pakistan are deporting people in en masse back to a country where Taliban revenge and abuse, no jobs or food, and grinding poverty, await

Afghanistan withdrawal
Military Industrial Complex

Turns out leaving Afghanistan did not unleash terror on US or region

There have been zero attacks against American-linked targets at home or abroad in the four years since the withdrawal