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Sep 13, 2021

#BritainDebrief – Did corruption lose the war in Afghanistan? A debrief from Sarah Chayes

By Ben Judah

Ben Judah sits down with Sarah Chayes, who served for a decade in Afghanistan for the US Government, to discuss the collapse of the Afghan government and its impact on the West.

Afghanistan Corruption

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Sep 13, 2021

Axios quoted Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall’s speech from The Atlantic Council’s 9/11 event

Afghanistan Conflict

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Sep 13, 2021

Afghanistan’s economy is in free fall mode

By Farshid Hakimyar

On August 18, Ajmal Ahmadi, the former governor of Afghanistan’s Central Bank, tweeted about the bank’s balance sheet, citing that all DAB assets are safeguarded in the US Federal Reserve, the World Bank, and the Bank of International Settlements in the form of US Treasury bills, bonds, gold and cash–a total of $9.6 billion that, just one day before the collapse, the US government had frozen and banned from all financial transactions.

Afghanistan Economy & Business

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Sep 12, 2021

GeoEconomics Center mentioned in Business Recorder about Ajmal Ahmady event

By Julia Friedlander, Josh Lipsky

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Afghanistan Economic Sanctions

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Sep 12, 2021

GeoEconomics Center mentioned in Insider about Ajmal Ahmady event

By Julia Friedlander, Josh Lipsky

Read the full article here.

Afghanistan Economic Sanctions

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Sep 12, 2021

Alam was quoted in The Times of India article: Haqqani network’s induction in new Afghanistan govt dashes hopes of moderate Taliban

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

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Sep 12, 2021

Alam wrote a piece for The Jordan Times: Support Ahmad Massoud and the Afghan resistance

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

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Sep 11, 2021

Nasr’s book “The Indispensable Nation” published in 2013 was quoted in The Express Tribune

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

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Sep 11, 2021

Nawaz’s book “The Battle For Pakistan, published in 2020” was quoted in The Express Tribune

Afghanistan Conflict

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Sep 11, 2021

Ashford on the Diplomatic Immunity podcast: Strategies of Competition and Restraint with Emma Ashford and Charles Edel

By Atlantic Council

On September 11, Emma Ashford joined the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University’s Diplomatic Immunity podcast with Director of Programs and Research Kelly McFarland and the Wilson Center’s Charles Edel. They discussed strategies of competition and restraint, and US foreign policy relations with China and Russia. “Season 3, Episode 2: ISD Director […]

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