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Tag: US withdrawal

Posted inOpinion

Saigon forged a new future; Kabul revives a dark past

by Nayan Chanda August 31, 2021September 3, 2021

As the Taliban took control of Kabul, the TV commentariat was full of analogies from the fall of Saigon. The memes of desperate people waiting to board US helicopters in Saigon in April 1975 and Chinook helicopters hovering over the US Embassy in Kabul in August 2021 do indeed provide a striking parallel. But the […]

Posted inOpinion

US can’t shirk moral responsibility in leaving Afghanistan

by Michael Blake July 21, 2021July 21, 2021
Posted inAfghanistan

Decades of Afghan progress could be blown away

by William Maley July 11, 2021July 14, 2021
Posted inOpinion

The regional threat of civil war in Afghanistan

by Vijay Prashad June 24, 2021June 24, 2021
Posted inAnalysis

US withdrawing from Afghanistan? Not really

by Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad May 6, 2021May 10, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Plan for interim government a cloud over Afghanistan

by Rahim Nasar January 28, 2021January 28, 2021
Posted inAfghanistan

The man who drove the US out of Afghanistan

by Fazelminallah Qazizai July 16, 2020July 22, 2020
Posted inIran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United States, World

Vladimir Putin, Syria’s pacifier-in-chief

by Pepe Escobar October 23, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inEuropean Union, Middle East, Qatar, United States, World

US military pivoting from Mideast

by Christina Lin October 21, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia, United States, World

Troubled quest for peace with the Taliban

by Amin Saikal August 27, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAfghanistan, India, Pakistan, South Asia, United States, World

US, Pakistan move in tandem to end Afghan war

by MK Bhadrakumar July 30, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAfghanistan, India, South Asia

India’s Taliban dilemma: To talk or not to talk?

by Avinandan Choudhury July 25, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia

Why Afghan peace process must not be hasty exercise

by Manoj Kumar Mishra May 22, 2019February 18, 2020
US soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan's Paktika province, near the border with Pakistan. Photo: Reuters/ Goran Tomasevic
Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia, United States, World

US exit from Afghanistan could spark wider conflict

by Adeel Abbas Mangi March 16, 2019February 18, 2020
A member of the Women's Protection Units (YPJ), part of the of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),  in the town of Shadadi, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) south of the northeastern Syrian city of Hassakeh, on September 11, 2018. - The US-backed SDF, an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, launched on September 10 an assault against a dwindling pocket of territory held by the Islamic State group in the town of Hajin in eastern Syria near the border with Iraq. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
Posted inMiddle East, Syria

Kurds look to EU to replace US in Syria

by Faisal Al Yafai March 15, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East, Syria

Syrian Kurds, government plan for US withdrawal

by Sami Moubayed January 18, 2019February 18, 2020
Russian Topol ICBMs outside Moscow for the nation's annual May 9 Victory Day parade. Photo: AFP/DIMA KOROTAYEV
Posted inChina, European Union, Germany, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

US focus on hard power will lead to increasing militarization of the globe

by Manoj Kumar Mishra October 25, 2018
FILE PHOTO: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks live on television after casting his ballot in the Iranian presidential election in Tehran, Iran June 12, 2009. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/File Photo
Posted inEuropean Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Between a rock and a hard place while living in interesting times

by Norman A. Bailey May 14, 2018
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaking to the press on Wednesday to announce snap elections. Photo: Presidential Palace via Reuters/Murat Cetinmuhurdar
Posted inFrance, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Turkey’s Erdogan hastens one-man rule after Syria victory

by Spengler April 19, 2018February 18, 2020

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