Afghanistan/Pakistan
Fault Lines: Peace In Our Time?
Lester Munson Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 5:12 PM
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Afghanistan
The U.S. Gets U.N. Support for the Taliban Deal
Pamela Falk, Jacques Singer-Emery Tue, Mar 10, 2020, 6:41 PM
With this U.N. Security Council vote, the U.S. has made good on a promise included in the peace agreement with the Taliban. But many are skeptical of the deal.
Sanctions
Could the U.S. Sanction the International Criminal Court?
Peter E. Harrell Mon, Mar 9, 2020, 8:49 AM
Yes, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.
pakistan
Why Is Pakistan’s Military Repressing a Huge, Nonviolent Pashtun Protest Movement?
Madiha Afzal Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 8:58 AM
Tens of thousands of protesters are rallying against the Pakistani military's operations in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
International Criminal Court (ICC)
International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber Holds Hearings on Afghanistan
Hayley Evans, Paras Shah Mon, Feb 10, 2020, 8:00 AM
Over three days of hearings, the International Criminal Court’s Appeals Chamber considered whether to overturn an April 2019 decision blocking investigations into alleged war crimes by the Taliban and U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
The Afghanistan Papers and the Perils of Historical Analogy
David V. Gioe Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 8:31 AM
What explains the general lack of interest in the Afghanistan Papers? Why didn’t this trove of declassified documents catch fire like the Pentagon Papers during Vietnam?
Canada
Canada’s Attorney General Blocks Disclosure of Evidence in National Security Case
Preston Lim Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 8:00 AM
Canada’s Attorney General issues a security certificate, Canada debates the War in Afghanistan and other Canadian national security news.
Afghanistan
What the Washington Post Gets Wrong About the United States and Afghanistan
Michael O'Hanlon Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 9:03 AM
The Post's claim that successive administrations deliberately lied to the American people goes too far.
al-Qaeda
The Remarkable Case of the Triple Agent and the Bombing in Khost, Afghanistan
Bruce Riedel Thu, Dec 12, 2019, 10:38 AM
Ten years later, the man who planned the attack is still at large and heading al-Qaeda.
Afghanistan
Islamic State Affiliate Seeks to Expand in Afghanistan
Andrew Mines, Amira Jadoon Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 8:00 AM
Afghan intelligence officials reportedly captured a deputy leader of the Islamic State-Khorasan (the Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan, also referred to as ISK) near the city of Herat in September. Herat is more than 1,000 kilometers west of ISK’s stronghold in Nangarhar province, and much of Herat province and the surrounding region is contested by the Taliban.