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Afghan women work at a textile factory in Kabul in January 2012. Credit: Senior Airman Andrea Salazar/U.S. Armed Forces.

Afghanistan and Gaza: Tragedy and farce

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Keen-eyed readers of this column will know that I am fond of occasionally quoting Karl Marx’s observation that history repeats itself, “the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.” In those lines...
Husain Haqqani — an academic and journalist who served as Pakistan’s U.S. envoy from 2008-2011. Credit: by Ian Wagreich /Ian Wagreich Photography.

Former Pakistani envoy unpacks the new jihad, America’s strategic shortcomings

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A former Pakistani ambassador to the U.S. has highlighted the failure of the American foreign policy community’s long-term strategic thinking compared to its adversaries. In a speech delivered Nov. 15 to scholars at the Association...
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Remember the Battle of Lepanto

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Last week, Oct. 7 to be precise, was the 450th anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto. Why should you give a flying fig? Because it was a pivotal clash in a war that has...
A group of 41 Afghan women and their families were rescued from Taliban-ruled Kabul in a successful mission that brought them safely to Abu Dhabi, September 2021. Credit: IsraAID.

Former rescuer of Soviet Jews helps bring Afghan women to freedom

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A group of 41 Afghan women and their families were rescued from Taliban-ruled Kabul last week in a successful mission that brought them safely to Abu Dhabi. Among them were athletes, including members of the...
Zebulon Simantov, Afghanistan's last Jewish resident. Source: Twitter/Screenshot.

Rescuing Afghanistan’s last Jew

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One of the most extraordinary stories of the Afghan pullout is the rescue of Afghanistan’s last Jew—Zebulon Simantov, who lived in and took care of Kabul’s synagogue. Simantov is now out of the country,...
A view of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on fire after hijacked planes flew into the buildings on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Israel and region continue to feel reverberations of 9/11 two decades later

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As the world marks 20 years since Al-Qaeda’s terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the unprecedented events and their aftereffects continue to reverberate throughout the region and beyond. The events in the two decades that...
U.S. President Biden on the campaign trail in Henderson, Nev., on Feb. 14, 2020. Credit: Flickr/Gage Skidmore.

Instead of surrendering to Taliban, Biden could have declared victory

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The humiliation of President Joe Biden by a gang of murderous thugs in Afghanistan is just revving up. The latest insult is that the Taliban is refusing to give him any leeway to continue...
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, in 2016. Credit: Awais khan/Shutterstock.

As Taliban conquer Afghanistan, time to sanction Pakistan

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As Taliban insurgents swept through Afghanistan this month on their brutal quest to return that country to the 7th century, ceremonies were held in neighboring Pakistan to commemorate the 6th anniversary of the death...
Demonstrators in front of the White House protesting the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Credit: john smith 2021/Shutterstock.

Taliban triumph in Afghanistan has Arab states and Israel hedging dependence on US

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The Taliban’s quick takeover of Afghanistan has Middle Eastern countries deeply concerned about their dependence on the U.S. security umbrella. Elliott Abrams, who served as Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela during the Donald Trump...
U.S. President Joe Biden on the phone with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan about ongoing efforts to safely drawdown the civilian footprint in Afghanistan. Source: White House/Twitter.

Can Biden reverse course and abandon Obama’s policies?

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President Joe Biden has tried to shift the responsibility to his predecessors and to just about everyone but himself regarding the situation in Afghanistan, which is a colossal disaster. It demonstrates how ill-prepared the...