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The Case for US Engagement with Afghanistan

The Taliban and Afghanistan’s neighbors are not able to stabilize the country. Only US influence can provide the right carrots and sticks.
Despite an injection of more than $260 million in Australian aid, the situation for women in Afghanistan remains 'bleak'.
A suicide attack that killed the Taliban minister of refugees and repatriation, Khalil Rahman Haqqani, in December 2024, ...
At the apex of the Taliban system stands Hibatullah Akhundzada, who exercises undisputed authority as Amir al-Mu’minin.
In Afghanistan, economic crisis under the Afghan Taliban regime has intensified, with the public trapped in poverty and unemployment. According to Hasht-e Subh daily, millions of people in the Taliban ...
China has significantly expanded its media presence in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power in 2021, with Afghan ...
The last four years in Afghanistan represent a clear example of how sanctions – even those that include humanitarian ...
A bombing that killed seven people and injured a dozen more at a noodle restaurant in a busy area of Kabul is likely to ...
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility overnight for a deadly attack at a restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital ...
The New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, a Washington think tank, has launched an initiative to promote the emergence ...
Beijing has demanded the Taliban government protect its citizens after an explosion at a Chinese restaurant in the Afghan ...