Deadly attacks on Afghan minorities show the Taliban isn’t keeping its promises - Vox
A week of deadly attacks targeted Afghan minorities — and the Taliban has done little to respond.
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US Think-Tanks: Joseph Sany, the peacemaker - The Africa Report
Today, the federal institution operates initiatives in several countries, including Nigeria, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. However, it is only within the past 18 months that the USIP launched a dedicated Africa Centre, acknowledging a new way of thinking about Africa both in Washington and on the continent.
Biden And West Stare Down Gauntlet Of Long War In Ukraine - Agence France Presse
"I think the upcoming battle is going to be spectacular," involving "big battles between big armies," former US ambassador to Kyiv William Taylor said.
It seems like Putin has reduced his war aims: Fmr. ambassador to Ukraine - CNBC’s The News with Shepard Smith
Former ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor joins The News with Shepard Smith to discuss whether the new weapons sent to the country will be enough to fend off Putin's latest invasion in eastern Ukraine.
Pakistan’s Deadly Air Strikes Inside Afghanistan Increase Tensions With Taliban - Radio Free Europe/Gandhara
“Pakistan has come to the begrudging conclusion that the Taliban are unlikely to deliver on its counterterrorism concerns,” said Asfandyar Mir, a senior analyst at the United States Institute of Peace, a think tank in Washington. “These strikes can be an attempt to alter the Taliban's calculus on support for the TTP by ramping up some costs.”
As Blasts Kill Afghans, the Taliban Ban TikTok - The Diplomat
Afghans have far bigger problems than quibbling over the morality of TikTok videos, like deepening poverty, hunger, and physical safety
Biden admin weighs reopening U.S. Embassy in Kyiv - Politico
U.S. lawmakers are pushing for diplomats to return to Ukraine’s capital. But does the show of support outweigh the risk?
A Year After Biden's Announcement, Afghanistan Is Now Someone Else's Problem - Newsweek
"Instead of behaving in pro-Pakistan ways," Mir said, "the Taliban are actively challenging the status of the Afg-Pak border and enabling anti-Pakistan insurgents, such as the increasingly violent TTP."
Why is Pakistan’s new PM Shehbaz Sharif so keen to accelerate the CPEC with Beijing? - South China Morning Post’s The Week in Asia
But the core strategic concern about the CPEC by both India and the US – partners in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue – is “more about what China gets in return from Pakistan, in particular in the military domain”, said Asfandyar Mir, a senior expert at the Washington-based US Institute of Peace.
Cult of Imran Khan lives on as supporters call for resignation of army chief - The Telegraph (U.K.)
Asfandyar Mir, of the United States Institute for Peace, said: “The dispute over the appointment was the straw that broke the camel’s back, it was not the main fight between the two.”