Three years ago the Taliban promised it had changed. It is now clear that it hasn’t.
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The Taliban’s 2.0 government has proven to be as dreadfully extremist and discriminatory as its previous reign of terror.
Attempts to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act have faltered, leaving tens of thousands of Afghans who fled chaos during the fall of Kabul in limbo.
Successor to slain Palestinian negotiator is a hardliner who resides in Gaza’s tunnels and has no realistic chance of being in Doha for talks.
Codifying apartheid could offer significant relief to many victims and survivors who otherwise would not be entitled to adequate recourse from the international community.
The Afghans is powerful account of the rise of the Taliban, told through the lives of three very different people.
It’s a fairytale ride for Afghanistan’s talented cricketers. But women remain excluded.
Without the AU Transition Mission, the Somali army should prepare to face several hundred additional attacks each year.
Khorasan is globally associated with terrorism, but people from Afghanistan are out to challenge that assumption.
With both sides in Sudan’s civil war accused of recruiting Islamist militiamen, terrorist groups look set to capitalize on a power vacuum.
The Taliban is likely to be hoping for economic and political benefits from an improved relationship with Russia.
If the ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan persists, consequences could include higher rates of abuse, the spread of extremism and billions of dollars in economic loss.
A spate of terror operations carried out by the Islamic State group affiliate has raised concerns over a potential attack on US soil.
The terrorist attack in Iran follows a concerted effort by the Islamic State affiliate to ‘internationalize’ its strategy.
Some 189,000 Afghans have applied for visas to Australia, but the government has only approved 31,500 refugee spots for the next four years. Women face the biggest hurdles to resettlement.
Beijing is happy to partner up with religious-led nations if it is in its strategic interests.
Government sanctions against Hamas, which the US and the European Union consider a terrorist group, mean that aid groups are not able to directly work with Hamas.
The US response to 9/11 included a declaration that America would destroy its enemies. The effort took decades, and thousands of lives on both sides, and never really succeeded.
The Taliban is increasingly demanding a say in how aid is delivered and to whom.
The Biden administration has not ruled out diplomatic recognition of the Taliban. Doing so risks legitimizing the group’s rule without holding it accountable.
Top contributors
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Visiting Research Professor, The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace Security and Justice, Queen's University Belfast
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Director, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Professor of Anthropology, Emerita, Concordia University
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor of International Relations and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Agnes Scott College
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Clemson University
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Faculty Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University
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Teaching Fellow in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Research Fellow at the Program on Extremism, George Washington University
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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PhD Candidate in Development Studies, SOAS, University of London
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PhD Candidate, International Relations, Australian National University
