How Can the West Handle the Taliban?

Afghanistan Three Years after the Taliban Takeover | Crisis Group

The Taliban came back to power in Kabul as the previous Afghan government collapsed amid the US and NATO withdrawal from the country in August 2021.

Remarks by President Biden on the Drawdown of U.S. Forces in ...

But that ignores the reality and the facts that already presented on the ground in Afghanistan when I took office: The Taliban was at its ...

Afghanistan's Future Depends on Taliban's Engagement with World ...

Afghanistan's future depends on mutual engagement between the Taliban and the international community, a senior United Nations official for ...

Afghanistan: Background and U.S. Policy - CRS Reports

3 The Taliban captured their first provincial capital on August 6, after which the collapse of the Afghan government and its security forces ...

Getting Answers on the Afghanistan Withdrawal

... to order a NEO until after the Taliban had already entered Kabul. The Biden-Harris administration's failure to prepare for a NEO and order a timely NEO ...

Afghanistan War: How Did 9/11 Lead To A 20-Year War? | IWM

In 2001 an international coalition led by the USA invaded Afghanistan to destroy terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda when the Taliban refused to hand over Osama ...

Withdrawal of military forces in Afghanistan and its implications for ...

However, the peace talks have made no progress and international attempts to bring the Taliban and Afghan Government together have failed. Talks ...

Afghanistan in 2023: Taliban internal power struggles and militancy

The second crucial dynamic will be terrorism and militancy. The Taliban is unlikely to get a better handle on the Islamic State in Khorasan (ISK) ...

Afghanistan: One year of Taliban rule - Chatham House

One year after the Taliban's ascent to power in Afghanistan, the plight of Afghans is worsening. The economic situation is dire, malnutrition rates are ...

Taliban defy West at U.N. talks while China, Russia eye closer ties

As the Taliban continue to bump heads with the West over the treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan, China and Russia are softening their stance against ...

Weapons in Afghanistan: The Taliban's Spoils of War

The seemingly rushed and chaotic nature of the US' withdrawal also allowed the Taliban to seize large quantities of small arms and light weapons (SALW) left ...

How the Taliban did it: Inside the 'operational art' of its military victory

The Taliban delineated specific objectives and lines of effort to hollow out the Afghan security forces and conduct a strategic encirclement of Kabul.

Afghanistan War | History, Combatants, Facts, & Timeline | Britannica

... to be ill-prepared to hold off the Taliban. By the time the U.S. and NATO combat mission formally ended in December 2014, the 13-year ...

The Taliban in Afghanistan - Council on Foreign Relations

The Taliban are a predominantly Pashtun, Islamic fundamentalist group that returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021 after waging a twenty-year insurgency.

Afghanistan: The West Fails – a Win for China and Russia?

By welcoming the Taliban to Tianjin, China has signalled that it is quite willing to recognise a Taliban government in Kabul. In return, it can ...

Afghanistan: How it could have been different | ECFR

In theory, it would have made sense to try to also include the Taliban in an inclusive political settlement. But the US would hardly have ...

A Shift Toward More Engagement with the Taliban?

Since the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the United States has found itself in a vexing dilemma — wanting to condemn ...

Lessons from the Collapse of Afghanistan's Security Forces

By mid-April, LWJ assessed the Taliban to be in control of 77 districts and the government in control of 129, with the remaining 194 districts contested (Figure ...

China's New Engagement with Afghanistan after the Withdrawal

I argue that China has formed a new, five-pronged engagement policy toward Afghanistan: (i) pragmatically and cautiously accepting the Taliban's dominance in ...

Afghanistan: How the Taliban gained ground so quickly - BBC

The speed of the Taliban advance in Afghanistan appears to have taken many by surprise - regional capitals seem to be falling like dominoes.