When U.S. President Joseph Biden announced his decision to proceed with the planned withdrawal in April, he reasoned that rather than continue a war with the Taliban, the United States must focus on more pertinent challenges including “an increasingly assertive China.” A steady stream of rebuttals now claim that leaving […]
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The Taliban Can—and Can’t—Be Trusted
The most important issue, of course, is protection for international terrorists based in Afghanistan. Here, Taliban statements have been unanimous and unequivocal (with one potential exception). The Taliban delegation to the defunct peace talks in Doha, Qatar, has repeatedly stated that the Taliban are a purely Afghan force and that […]
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IOC Athletes Commission Elects Emma Terho As New Chair; Seung Min Ryu Becomes Vice-Chair
Ahead of the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) hosted a meeting to elect new members of the Athletes’ Commission (AC). Following the meeting held in Tokyo on Saturday, the IOC announced the election of Finnish Ice Hockey Athlete Emma Terho as its new Chair. […]
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‘Stay In Afghanistan, Follow Islamic Laws’: China Issues Shocking Advice To Its Citizens
At a time when countries including the US, Germany, and India are ramping up the evacuation process in Afghanistan, the Chinese embassy has asked its citizens to stay put in the war-ravaged country and abide by the Islamic laws imposed by the Taliban. A fresh advisory issued by the Chinese […]
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What the Taliban Takeover Means for India
Kept out of these forums, India now finds many of its critical investments in human and physical infrastructure in Afghanistan in jeopardy as the Taliban take control. Worse still, the crisis following the U.S. withdrawal leaves India’s foreign-policy and security interests at considerable risk on two fronts. First, a new […]