Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
These are tough choices and many hands contributed to this. Many administrations in history all met with unhappy, extremely difficult challenge of Afghanistan.
It is pretty bad and I think it is going to get worse. I was just listening again to President Biden so the thing is that these talks with the Taliban that we initiated under President Trump, those were not peace negotiations. Basically, it was a surrender process
The ongoing withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan is transforming diplomatic and security dynamics in Central Asia, creating opportunities for Russia and China to enhance their engagement with increasingly anxious governments in the region.
I think it’s a matter of time and how fast the ticking clock begin to tick. There is no doubt the Taliban emerges as the most significant military and political force in the country
The nature of the Afghan problem for Central Asia and Russia lies in Afghanistan becoming a source of instability for the region.
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