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Errors in intelligence assessment: Afghanistan and Ukraine

Conservative intelligence assessment with a focus on quantity markers, that excludes ethnic and mental background of the people in war zones, explains why the intelligence agencies miscalculated while evaluating and forecasting developments in Afghanistan and Ukraine. U.S. intelligence agencies are through a large-scale internal review…

May 20, 2022Afghanistan, Ukraine

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Northern Afghanistan and the New Threat to Central Asia, 2022

This paper was published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute. The contest for control of northern Afghanistan between the Taliban, the Islamic State, and other terrorist groups is a major…

May 18, 2022Afghanistan, Taliban

Democracy Geoeconomics

Turkmen women’s right restrictions signal about Ashgabat-Taliban cooperation

The Turkmen president change and the further women's right restrictions show clearly that Ashgabat plans to cooperate deeply with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. Since Serdar Berdymukhammedov succeeded his father…

May 11, 2022Afghanistan, Turkmenistan

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ISIS Spring Offensive in Afghanistan, 2022

March 4, 2022Afghanistan, ISIS

Terrorism

ISIS and Al-Qaeda breakthrough into Central Asia: threat to increase sharply this spring

Sources close to military intelligence in one of the Central Asian nations indicate that Central Asia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in particular, is about to be destabilized in the next 1-1.5…

March 3, 2022Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan

Geopolitics

Why Kosovo should not be compared to Afghanistan?

After US troops withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban came to power by force, hopes of many chauvinists in Belgrade were revived that the same scenario is expected to happen…

August 31, 2021Afghanistan, Kosovo

Intelligence ops National Security Terrorism

“Russian bounties” in Afghanistan: Stage 2

The latest airport attack in Kabul could be seen as part of the campaign to legalize the Taliban in Afghanistan. After the terror attack, which killed over 100 people, the…

August 27, 2021Afghanistan, IS-K, Russia, Taliban

Democracy

Life of women in Afghanistan: traditions vs external expansion

The Taliban’s women policy stems not so much from religion itself as from traditions that are based on religion. The Taliban’s takeover will not significantly change the rights of women…

August 24, 2021Afghanistan

Opinion Terrorism

The Taliban might not deliver all their promises, unable to jeopardize relations with the jihadist groups

The Robert Lansing Institute publishes opinion by Senior Jihadist Terrorism Analyst Daniele Garofalo on prospects of main regional jihadist organization after rapid fall of Kabul authorities and establishing the rule…

August 20, 2021Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, ISIS, Taliban

Democracy Opinion

Boundaries of intervention

The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan called into question Washington credibility as a reliable strategic partner and drew criticism toward the White House. Certain hostile forces, including Russia, which…

August 18, 2021Afghanistan

Afghanistan