External powers need to involve Afghanistan in discussions, rather than interfering in the country’s affairs from afar. On December 27, 1979 Russian forces invaded Afghanistan...
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Surge of Migration Makes Hunger Crisis Worse in Afghanistan
More than 9 million people in Afghanistan are in need of humanitarian assistance in 2017. The number of people facing hunger is of particular concern, the U.N. has warned. Some...
The Battle Between Law And Force: Scattered Political Power and Deteriorating Security Test Herat’s Dynamism
Herat – the affluent and vibrant city in western Afghanistan – is going through a ‘scattering’ of political power and a deterioration in security. While Ismail Khan, the...
Afghanistan Struggles to Absorb Wave of Returnees from Pakistan
A breakdown in Afghanistan’s relationship with Pakistan has driven a flood of Afghans living there to return, severely straining their war-ravaged homeland’s resources just as it...
In Afghanistan, Putin Courts China In Search of ‘Another Syria’
A Russia-led initiative involving China and Pakistan that seeks a political settlement to Afghanistan’s civil war has the makings of a diplomatic alliance that could supplant the...
2017 Afghanistan Humanitarian Needs Overview
Afghanistan remains one of the most dangerous, and most violent, crisis ridden countries in the world. The continued deepening and geographic spread of the conflict has prompted...
Thousands Of Marines Fought In Southern Afghanistan. Now, The Service Is Going Back
The Marine Corps will send a new task force of military advisers to southern Afghanistan’s restive Helmand province this spring, returning to a region where tens of thousands of...
Obama's Toughest Decision? 30,000-Troop Afghanistan 'Surge'
What was President Barack Obama's hardest decision during his two terms in office? A massive troop surge in Afghanistan, he said in an interview aired Sunday. "Toughest decision...
Obama’s Toughest Decision? 30,000-Troop Afghanistan ‘Surge’
What was President Barack Obama's hardest decision during his two terms in office? A massive troop surge in Afghanistan, he said in an interview aired Sunday. "Toughest decision...
Afghanistan Still Facing Challenges: John Kerry
Afghanistan continues to face challenges today even as the unity government in the war-torn country has kept alive the chances of future progress, US Secretary of State John...
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