Analysis
How the Taliban Mobilized Popular Support to Survive the United States War in Afghanistan
A Research Paper by Irfan Yar
Abstract
After fighting for nearly two decades and investing an enormous amount of blood and treasu...
The Fallacy of Liberal Interventionism: Afghanistan
By: Aulia Shifa Hamida
President Joe Biden’s defiant speech– in which he conceded that the U.S. presence in Afghanistan was never su...
“Melian Strategy” Why did the Taliban fight and negotiate at the same time?
By Irfan Yar As the US completes its troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban has seized the security vacuum to launch massive...
The ‘Father of the Taliban’ Is Dead. What Does That Mean for the Afghan Peace Process?
How will Maulana Sami-ul-Haq’s murder impact the Afghan peace process?
By Irfan Yar November 08, 2018 (originally published in ...