The West is getting Afghanistan wrong – again
September 13 ,2021
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By: Ahmad M Siddiqi
An Afghan man sells the flags of the former Afghan government and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan during the anti-Pakistan prote...
Biden Doctrine abates China tensions
September 13 ,2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
US President Joe Biden speaking about the end of the war in Afghanistan, White House, Washington, August 31, 2021
A 90-minute phon...
From Myanmar to Afghanistan: Can China forge a new Asian o...
September 11 ,2021
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By: Katsushiko Meshino
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, meets Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar of the Taliban in Tianjin, China, in July. (Reuters)
Mor...
Political uncertainty clouds China Inc.'s Afghanistan ambi...
An Afghan laborer at a chalk factory on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif: Mining, along with infrastructure, is one area where fo...
As Afghanistan’s neighbours jostle for influence over Tali...
September 11 ,2021
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By: Tom Hussain
Taliban members and airport staff are seen outside Kabul’s airport. While the new regime in Afghanistan seeks diplomatic recogn...
BRICS summit: Putin blasts US over Afghanistan 'crisis'
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the BRICS summit via a video link in Moscow on Sept. 9. © S...
Two decades after 9/11, how delusion led to defeat in Afgh...
September 11 ,2021
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By: Andrew North
For three centuries, faraway empires have come to conquer Afghanistan -- the British in the 19th, the Soviets in the 20th and now t...
Bitter fruits of the War on Terror
September 11 ,2021
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By: P.K. Balachandran
Saturday September 11, 2021 marks the 20 th. Anniversary of the Twin Towers attack by the Al-Qaeda which led to the long-drawn out US-l...
History shows only Shariah and customary laws have worked...
September 10 ,2021
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By: P.K. Balachandran
Anatol Lieven, Professor at Georgetown University in Qatar and a senior fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft in Wa...
CIA chief meets Gen Bajwa, Gen Faiz for cooperation in Afg...
September 10 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
CIA Director William Burns met with Pakistan’s military leadership to discuss the Afghan situation as the withdrawal has complete...
Time for a regional economic package for Afghanistan
September 9 ,2021
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By: Haroon Sharif
The recent and rather abrupt withdrawal of the US-led coalition from Afghanistan needs to be seen in a broader context of the transform...
China to keep contact with Taliban’s interim regime, but a...
The Taliban’s new interim government is dominated by figures from its hardline rule in the 1990s. Photo: AFP
China said it w...
'Leaving Kabul most difficult decision of my life': Ex-Afg...
September 9 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday, 8 September, released a statement and said that leaving Kabul had been the most...
China-India border: PLA troops, jets, artillery ‘send warn...
September 9 ,2021
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By: Minnie Chan
A screen shot from video shown on the PLA Daily website shows Chinese soldiers conducting a military drill in Tibet. Photo: Handout...
Taliban orders university women in Afghanistan to wear fac...
September 9 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Women attending private Afghan universities must wear an abaya robe and niqab covering most of the face, the Taliban has ordered,...
Al-Qaida and Islamic State suffer from recruitment problem...
September 9 ,2021
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By: Charles Kurzman
ISIS fighters marching at an undisclosed location. | AL-Furquan Media / AFP Photo
Al-Qaida was planning two sets of terrorist...
Abandoned items of US soldiers up for sale
September 8 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
US troops abandoned Afghanistan in a hurry and left behind most of their belongings. Although most of the ammunition was either destroy...
The fall of Panjshir
September 8 ,2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Taliban patrol after they took over Panjshir Valley, Sept 6, 2021
Panjshir has fallen to the Taliban with a bang — and a whi...
After Afghanistan, Europe wonders if France was right abou...
September 8 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The annual ritual of Bastille Day is a moment for the French to put up bunting, down champagne and celebrate the republic’s...
Moment of truth
September 7 ,2021
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By: Maleeha Lodhi
History has come full circle in Afghanistan with the Taliban regaining power after 20 years of war. In post-America Afghanistan the Tal...
The future of American power
September 7 ,2021
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By: Arundhati Roy
In february 1989 the last Soviet tank rolled out of Afghanistan, its army having been decisively defeated in a punishing, nearly decade...
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