Resistance to Taliban is doomed, says Russian envoy to Afghanistan
Russia’s ambassador to Afghanistan praised the conduct of the Taliban on Friday in the days since its takeover, saying there was no alternative to the hardline Islamist group and ...
Afghanistan: how did they think it would end?
By Gwynne Dyer
“I will never kneel before such a destructive force (as the Taliban),” declared Ashraf Ghani, the soon-to-be-ex-president of Afghanistan. “We will either sit knee-to-knee for real negotiations ...
Afghanistan and Ukraine: when words have no meaning
By Gwynne Dyer
“If they go, we’ll all have to go. That’s the reality of it,” said a British source about President Joe Biden’s announcement that the ...