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Apr 21, 2021

Akhtar in Pakistan Politico: Come September: Holding stakeholders responsible for the chaos in Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan
Central Asia

In the News

Apr 21, 2021

Nasr in New York Times: The clock is ticking for Biden on Iran

By Atlantic Council

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion
Iran

SouthAsiaSource

Apr 16, 2021

Dignity and fair negotiations is what we Afghans want

By Ejaz Ahmad Malikzada

When the United States and its allies entered Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks, it did not merely sign up to bring human rights to the Afghan people or to fight a local insurgent group. Indeed, the intervention was driven just as much by the US-led global war on terror, a fight in which we, the people of Afghanistan, have bled and sacrificed thousands of military and civilian lives alongside our US and NATO partners.

Afghanistan
Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

SouthAsiaSource

Apr 15, 2021

Khuda hafez Afghanistan and maybe Pakistan!

By Shuja Nawaz

20 years after invading Afghanistan to punish the Taliban for harboring Osama bin Laden, President Joe Biden is saying goodbye to Afghanistan. Regardless of the main reason why President Biden is extracting the US military and hence NATO from Afghanistan, the people of Afghanistan may end up being sacrificed and left to the depredations of the Taliban and Islamic State.

Afghanistan
Pakistan

In the News

Apr 15, 2021

Nawaz quoted in Nikkei Asia on President Biden’s orders of military withdrawal from the Afghan war

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan
Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

SouthAsiaSource

Apr 14, 2021

“Expediting” the peace process degrades the conceptual integrity of peace

By Muska Dastageer

The United States must realize that securing a peace as just as the Afghan war has been unjust will require time. Degrading the conceptual integrity of peace has meant a dilution of the moral force behind the peace process.

Afghanistan
Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

Fast Thinking

Apr 13, 2021

FAST THINKING: Leaving Afghanistan, twenty years later

By Atlantic Council

America’s longest war is set to finally come to an end, with President Joe Biden expected to announce on Wednesday that all American troops will withdraw from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. What’s the state of the nation that the US military will leave behind?

Afghanistan
Defense Policy

Event Recap

Apr 12, 2021

Event recap: “‘A Forgotten Ambassador in Cairo’ with N.S. Vinodh and Shuja Nawaz”

By Atlantic Council

On April 8, 2021, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center hosted a conversation with author N.S. Vinodh on his book, A Forgotten Ambassador in Cairo: The Life and Times of Syud Hossain.

India
Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Apr 12, 2021

Akhtar joins CSSPR to discuss a report on nuclear responsibilities

By Atlantic Council

Defense Policy
Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Apr 12, 2021

Nooruddin joins France24 to discuss COVID-19 vaccination in India

By Atlantic Council

Coronavirus
India

Experts