On September 7, 2021, hundreds of Afghans – most of whom were women defying the Taliban jihadis patrolling public life in Afghanistan – turned out in the streets of Kabul chanting anti-Pakistan, anti-Taliban slogans. Some of the slogans raised by the protesters included: “Pakistan, Pakistan, Leave Afghanistan” and “Freedom, Freedom.”[1] …

Ten rząd dużo zrobił, by porozumieć się z Komisją Europejską i europejskimi trybunałami. Tłumaczył, szedł na kompromisy, był i jest gotów do dialogu w dowolnej formule. Nie zrobił tylko jednego: nie uznał iż rolą władz państwowych Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w każdym obszarze jest wdrażanie wytycznych z Brukseli (czyli często wprost z …

Der britische Premierminister will Wähler aus allen Gesellschaftsklassen zufriedenstellen und verstrickt sich in Widersprüche. Sein neustes Husarenstück ist eine Erhöhung der Sozialversicherungsbeiträge zum Schutz vermögender Erben. Doch Johnson setzt darauf, dass ihm auch das verziehen wird. Es gibt eine Zeitrechnung in der britischen Politik vor Boris Johnson und eine danach. …

Талибы (запрещены в РФ) установили контроль над Панджшером — последней провинцией в Афганистане, остававшейся под властью их противников. Тем временем президент США Джо Байден заявил, что в обозримом будущем Штаты не собираются признавать власть «Талибана». Обозреватель “Ъ FM” Максим Юсин задумался о том, как последние события в стране повлияют на …

With the help of China, the Taliban will fight for an economic comeback in Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid tells Italian newspaper. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has told an Italian newspaper that the group will rely primarily on financing from China following the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan and its takeover …

Some years ago, I was lucky enough to have a rich email dialogue with Colonel David Glantz, the foremost historian of the Eastern Front in World War 2. He was gracious in his thoughts and supportive of the lay-history I was doing. He even offered a compliment or two for …

They weren’t kidding when they called Afghanistan the “graveyard of empires.” Indeed, that cemetery has just taken another imperial body. And it wasn’t pretty, was it? Not that anyone should be surprised. Even after 20 years of preparation, a burial never is. In fact, the shock and awe(fulness) in Kabul …

The Islamic State, al-Qaeda-linked groups, Boko Haram and other extremist movements are protagonists in today’s deadliest crises, complicating efforts to end them. They have exploited wars, state collapse and geopolitical upheaval in the Middle East, gained new footholds in Africa and pose an evolving threat elsewhere. Reversing their gains requires …

The Russian-brokered cease-fire agreement is evidence of Moscow’s complex positioning in southwest Syria. On the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 31, a cease-fire agreement was reached between the so-called “reconciled rebels” in the rebel-held city of Daraa al-Balad and the government of President Bashar al-Assad. The agreement provides for government forces …

The Syrian Demographic Forces moved 300 families of extremist women from al-Hol camp to Roj camp in Hasakah countryside, to confine them to one camp and control security in al-Hol camp. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) began transferring 300 families of extremist women and wives of Islamic State (IS) members, …