A new Taliban for a new Afghanistan?
Written by Karim Merchant & Ingrid Nyborg. 20 years after Western troops invaded Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, Kabul has fallen. The speed of the Taliban’s […]
Afghanistan Peace Dialogue
Lack of political will is more dangerous for Afghanistan than the COVID pandemic
Written by Karim Merchant, Gry Synnevåg & Arif Ammar. The Presidential election results announced in February became a hotly contested affair, with the electoral victor President Ashraf Ghani and third-time […]
The Afghan Peace Dialogue: Peace or another attempt at an exit strategy?
Written by Karim Merchant and Gry Synnevåg. By design, peace processes tend to be a patchwork of discussions with a variety of key individuals and groups, under the general oversight […]