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Afghanistan

The Temptations of History

Siddharth Singh

Afghanistan was never a viable nation-state and is unlikely to be one in future. The roots of the Afghan chaos are to be found in the country’s divisions

The Emirate of Hate

Rooted in the medieval mindset of the barely lettered, the Taliban draw their staying power from the coalition of clans, ready supplies of cash and a cosiness provided by a mindful neighbour

Wait and Watch

India has taken a go-slow policy

Return to Tora Bora

The crescent over Kabul today clarifies how America, on the eve of the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, diminished the idea of freedom

The End of Pax Americana

The US has grievously hurt its international credibility with a self-inflicted defeat and humiliation in Afghanistan. Its enemies can only be celebrating. The security and humanitarian disaster that the Biden administration has unleashed in Afghanistan will likely unravel whatever is left of American primacy

Afghanistan Fatigue

The US took four presidents, thousands of lives, a trillion dollars and 20 years to replace the Taliban with the Taliban

Who’s fair game under the Taliban?

While the power elite are safe abroad, common folk of Afghanistan hope against hope that their worst fears don’t come true

Who Wants the Peace of the Graveyard?

The Afghan War is over ideology, not geography

Farewell Kabul, We Hardly Knew Ye

America has squandered $2 trillion and thousands of lives trying to rebuild Afghanistan. Yet it never seemed to understand it

A Note-Taker’s Afghan Moments

Close encounters from the Soviet occupation to the rise of the Taliban

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