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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.
The Pakistani Army has set a January 25 deadline for the evacuation of Tirah, a valley of some 150,000 people. The strategic area is located along the border with Afghanistan and is a stronghold of ...
Trump had told Fox News in an interview that the U.S. had "never really asked anything of" its NATO allies.
A suicide attack that killed the Taliban minister of refugees and repatriation, Khalil Rahman Haqqani, in December 2024, ...
Interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani has weirdly become the unlikely champion of what passes for ‘reform,’ if such a word can ...
Davos, Jan 22 (UNI) US President Donald Trump, inaugurating his so-called Board of Peace, signed the founding charter of the ...
Pakistan, Jan. 17 -- The Taliban regime in Afghanistan is facing continuous diplomatic setbacks, struggling to engage major global powers. Russia confirmed no talks or meetings with the U.S. on Afghan ...
China has significantly expanded its media presence in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power in 2021, with Afghan ...
Taliban regime in Afghanistan is facing one diplomatic failure after another due to its intransigence. Most countries are ...
Traveling through Afghanistan meant constantly navigating invisible lines, limits, and unspoken rules that shaped every ...
Former Afghan Finance Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Ahadi, reacting to Kabul''s attempts to rebuild the country''s destroyed economy, said that many of the conditions required for attracting investment, ...
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Taliban fissures

Differences among the Taliban are natural; the movement has various power centres. While Mullah Akhundzada may reign supreme, Siraj Haqqani has considerable power, being the scion of veteran ...