Terrorism & Extremism

Central Asia - Afghanistan, capital city Kabul: Victims of the bomb attacks at the airport arriving at the Emergency Surgical Center for War Victims. The bombings have been condemned by the Taliban and it is unknown the total number of inured and deceased.Asie centrale - Afghanistan, capitale Kaboul : Des victimes des attentats à la bombe à l'aéroport arrivent au centre chirurgical d'urgence pour les victimes de guerre. Les attentats à la bombe ont été condamnés par les Talibans et on ignore le nombre total de blessés et de décédés.

What we know about ISIS-K

Sunday, August 29, 2021

ISIS-K is a sworn enemy of the Taliban. Even before today’s complex attack in Kabul, there had been real questions about how effective an eventual Taliban government would be in warding off ISIS-K threats.

Madiha Afzal Yahoo! News Saturday, August 28, 2021

U.S. military advisers from the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade walk at an Afghan National Army base in Maidan Wardak province, Afghanistan August 6, 2018. Picture taken August 6, 2018. REUTERS/James Mackenzie

Do not take the war on terror’s big success for granted

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Lily Windholz

Friday, August 27, 2021

What is ISIS-K?

Daniel L. Byman and Sean Rameswaram

Today Explained

Friday, August 27, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden tours the National Counterterrorism Center Watch Floor during a visit to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in nearby McLean, Virginia outside Washington, U.S., July 27, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

The good enough doctrine: Learning to live with terrorism

Daniel L. Byman

Foreign Affairs September/October 2021

FILE PHOTO: Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES/File Photo

Money can be the milk of Taliban moderation

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Taliban fighters stand guard on their side at a border crossing point between Pakistan and Afghanistan, in Torkham, in Khyber district, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. In the current situation of Afghanistan, pedestrian movement has been limited in Torkham border, only stranded people on both sides and trucks taking goods to Afghanistan can pass through this border point. (Photo by Hussain Ali/Pacific Press/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Pakistan’s problematic victory in Afghanistan

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Smoke and flames rise from fuel trucks after an overnight attack by the Taliban on the outskirts of Kabul July 5, 2014./File Photo

Americans never understood Afghanistan like the Taliban did

Monday, August 23, 2021

An Afghan woman walks on a hilltop overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan June 25, 2018.REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

The changing landscape for women under Taliban rule

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, August 23, 2021

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney (R) speaks to President George W. Bushby phone inside the operations center at the White House with staff,September 11, 2001, the day of the terror attacks in New York andWashington. Bush on September 16, 2001 asked "horrified" Americans togo back to work this week, cautioning them to be alert for more attacksand to brace for a long crusade to "rid the world of evildoers".Picture released by the White House on September 16. REUTERS/WHITEHOUSE photo by David BohrerME

September 11 in the White House

Monday, August 23, 2021