Taliban

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• 5/9/2021
  

  A CIA Historian’s Photos of the Afghan War Tell the Story of Those Being Left Behind in Afghanistan

  by Brian Glyn Williams

  A historian who advised the US military in Afghanistan and traveled extensively in the country warns that America's Afghan allies may pay a terrible price from Biden's proposed troop withdrawal. 

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• 4/11/2021
  

  Making Religious Peace in Afghanistan

  by Wayne Te Brake

  American policymakers must recognize the distinctly religious components of the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan, and learn from European wars of religion: the key to ending war is brokering a political agreement that protects religious diversity. 

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• 12/20/2020
  

  Trump's Troop Withdrawal in Afghanistan: Part 2 – Is There Even a "Trump Doctrine"?

  by Brian Glyn Williams

  Many Americans have bought Donald Trump's claim that he seeks to extricate the U.S. from "endless wars," including in Afghanistan. Viewed in the context of his other foreign policy actions, this claim is nonsensical, and undermines the work being done in support of global democracy and American interests.

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• 12/20/2020
  

  Trump's Troop Withdrawal in Afghanistan: Part 1 – Abandoning a Vulnerable Ally in the War on Terror

  by Brian Glyn Williams

  Donald Trump's plan to withdraw troops from Afghanistan misrepresents the scope and costs of the American mission and ignores the high stakes of failure for both Afghans and American security, according to a scholar of the War on Terror. 

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  September 9, 2019
  

  On or off, peace talks with the Taliban spell disaster for Afghanistan

  by Ali A. Olomi

  With tweets on Saturday, President Trump killed secretly planned peace talks with the Taliban at Camp David. If history is any indication, the consequences of the Trump administration’s reckless attempt at an agreement and even hastier reversal will be borne out by Afghans themselves — a reality that Afghans know all too well.

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• SOURCE: Yahoo News
  8-28-15
  

  British Library rejects Taliban trove fearing terror laws

  Academics have criticised the British government for creating a "climate of fear" after the national library declined to store the world's biggest collection of Taliban-related documents over concerns it could be prosecuted under terrorism laws.

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• 8-2-15
  

  Post Mortem: Taliban Leader Mullah Omar

  by Brian Glyn Williams

  Omar said that giving up Osama bin Laden to the Americans would mean the end of Islam.

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• 12-28-14
  

  Why Pakistan’s Embrace of Jihadism Is Deadly

  by Brian Glyn Williams

  The back story to the Peshawar School Massacre.

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• SOURCE: The Sydney Morning Herald
  7=29-14
  

  The beautiful, historic shrines that Islamists try to destroy

  The militants espouse a radical, puritanical strain of Sunni Islam whereby all shrines or holy sites that honour beings lesser than their God are considered apostate.