August, 2021

• 17 August

  Unpredictable consequences from the Afghan crisis

  

  As China, Russia, Iran and others rise to the occasion, the ascent of the Taliban may signal a post-American world order The US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the rapid advance of the Taliban are not necessarily a simple cause and effect. The US had very few troops in Afghanistan, and …

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• 17 August

  The US should have learned from IDF withdrawals – analysis

  

  The US’s withdrawal from Afghanistan parallels Israel’s disengagements from Gaza and Lebanon – In these scenarios, a weaker force achieved victory against a more powerful one through attrition. Twenty years after September 11, the Taliban has blitzkrieged through Afghanistan over the last month, taking province after province as the United …

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• 17 August

  In abandoning Afghanistan, Biden shows the intervention era is over

  Over the years Britain’s own foreign policy strategy has shifted from the blind presumption of the Blair years to a hard-nosed realism The most remarkable thing about America’s decision to cut and run from Afghanistan was that it took so long to come about. This is not to suggest that …

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• 17 August

  Afganistan’daki yeni süreç neler getirecek? Türkiye ne yapmalı?

  Taliban artık Afganistan’ın yönetimini resmen devralmaya hazırlanıyor. En çarpıcı gerçek de Taliban’ın adım adım ilerleyişinin ABD başta olmak üzere NATO ülkelerinin gözleri önünde gerçekleşmiş olması. Dolayısıyla yeni oluşacak yönetim ve ardındaki sır perdesi aralandıkça asıl projeksiyonu daha sağlıklı görebileceğiz. Buna rağmen olan bitenler ve elimizdeki verilerle stratejik açıdan yaşanabilecek bazı …

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• 17 August

  Syrian Jihadis, Al-Qaeda Supporters Celebrate Afghan Taliban’s Takeovers Of Prisons And Presidential Palace, Compare Evacuation Of U.S. Embassy In Kabul To Exit From Vietnam

  On August 15, 2021, forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Afghan Taliban) advanced on the outskirts of the country’s capital of Kabul after conquering most of Afghanistan in the space of a week. Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters landed atop the U.S. Embassy in the capital to evacuate personnel …

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• 17 August

  Russian Afghanistan Expert Asatryan: Experiment In Conciliating The Taliban Is Doomed, Russia Will Revert To ‘Natural Policy’ Of Aiding The Taliban’s Enemies

  Georgy Asatryan, an expert on Afghanistan, at the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as a member of Russian International Affairs Council gave an interview to Hayk Khalatyan of the Eurasia Daily on developments in Afghanistan. He called the Taliban victory “an extremely harmful and dangerous example for the international …

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• 17 August

  Desperate Afghans Fall From Sky After Clinging to Plane Leaving Kabul

  At least seven people die in the chaos, officials say, after Taliban takes over Afghanistan Seven people died during the chaos at the Kabul airport, some of which were seen on a video shared on social media showing people falling from a departing U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane. Another …

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• 16 August

  Afghan conflict: Taliban control all key cities except Kabul

  

  The Taliban have moved closer to retaking full control of Afghanistan, with the capital Kabul now the only major city left in government hands. On Sunday the militants took control of Jalalabad, a key eastern city, without a fight. It means they now control all roads to neighbouring Pakistan. Correspondents …

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• 16 August

  ‘If the Taliban find me, they will kill me and my family,’ says abandoned Afghan interpreter

  

  It’s been years since Haji and his wife have had a good night’s sleep. “All night, my wife wakes up,” says Haji. “She’s scared. If [she hears] somebody is coming, she calls me, ‘Haji, someone is coming!'” His wife says the first thing she does is hide the children. “Then …

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• 16 August

  Four More Provincial Capitals Fall to Taliban in Last 24 Hours

  

  The centers of Logar, Paktika, Kunar and Paktia provinces and 10 districts fell to the Taliban in the last 24 hours, according to sources as the group’s advances continue. Sources said the Taliban has released all prisoners in these provinces while local officials have relocated to the army bases in …

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