Tag: Taliban
Former Pakistani envoy unpacks the new jihad, America’s strategic shortcomings
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...
Remember the Battle of Lepanto
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...
Former rescuer of Soviet Jews helps bring Afghan women to freedom
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...
Rescuing Afghanistan’s last Jew
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,...
Israel and region continue to feel reverberations of 9/11 two decades later
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...
Instead of surrendering to Taliban, Biden could have declared victory
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...
As Taliban conquer Afghanistan, time to sanction Pakistan
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...
Taliban triumph in Afghanistan has Arab states and Israel hedging dependence on US
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...
Can Biden reverse course and abandon Obama’s policies?
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...
President Biden chose the worst options in Afghanistan
You don’t need to be a brilliant geopolitical strategist to understand that the United States should be the best friend—and the worst enemy—any nation could have. Following the events of recent days, the United...