Taliban
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What Happened to the Afghan Army?
Major A. H. Amin argues that critics of the Afghan National Army forget armies take centuries to build, holding that the traditional Afghan army was destroyed by a joint US-Pakistan…
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Afghan Snake Pit
Replying to a senior Pakistani officer, Hamid Hussain argues that US-Pakistan ties over the next year turn on Afghanistan: Washington wants Pakistan to restrain a Taliban takeover, while Pakistan insists…
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Afghan Conundrum II
Hamid Hussain surveys Pakistan’s long involvement in Afghanistan after Donald Trump’s tweet that US troops would be home by Christmas, noting Imran Khan’s government has handed the Afghan file to…
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Afghan Conundrum
Hamid Hussain examines the September 2020 start of intra-Afghan talks in Qatar, arguing that the Taliban resist a ceasefire to keep their fighters mobilised, and that Pakistan and Iran have…
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Afghanistan, Next Round
Hamid Hussain assesses Afghanistan after the February 2020 US-Taliban agreement, arguing that disputes over prisoner exchange and ceasefire continue to stall progress, the Taliban reject ceasefire calls to keep leverage…
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U.S.-Pakistan Re-Engagement; Hamid Hussain
Hamid Hussain cautions against euphoria over the July 2019 Imran Khan and Donald Trump meeting, arguing that Pakistan’s gains are narrow, tied to Taliban talks and funds, while Washington’s Afghan…
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Does Trump Have a Strategy in Afghanistan? What is it?
A 2017 Eurasia Review analysis by Shanthie Mariet D’Souza of Trump’s Afghanistan strategy, reposted with Major Agha H Amin’s bolded rebuttals, which argue that the strategy is precise and finally…
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Book Review: Descent into Chaos
Major A. H. Amin’s 2008 review of Ahmed Rashid’s Descent into Chaos argues the book is acceptable to the West because it fits western perceptions, and lists what he sees…
