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Afghanistan has been unstable for decades, with frequent coups, civil wars, and violent transfers of power. Most recently, the Taliban seized power in 2021 from the Western-backed Islamic Republic , and re-formed the government to implement a far stricter interpretation of Sharia law according to the Hanafi school.
Democracy in Afghanistan has been severely limited and characterized by short, unstable historical periods since the formation of the contemporary state of Afghanistan in the 20th century. Following the rise of power of Ghazi Amanullah Khan in 1919, the first elements of a democratic government in the country began to emerge, with the formation ...
The current turmoil in Afghanistan resulted from the Biden administration's immense failure to execute the US exit, Eurasia Group founder and political scientist Ian Bremmer tells Yahoo Finance in ...
With U.S. officials struggling to explain why America’s longest war ended in chaos, a series of interviews revealed there’s plenty of blame to go around.
The government of Afghanistan is currently disputed following the effective collapse of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan during the fall of Kabul to Taliban forces on 15 August 2021 and the subsequent re-establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan which now exercises de facto control over most of the country.
On the anniversary of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the tragedy of 13 service members killed at the Kabul airport, I am tortured by the death of my husband Chris and the destruction of ...
The United States Armed Forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan on 30 August 2021, marking the end of the 2001–2021 war.In February 2020, the Trump administration and the Taliban signed the United States–Taliban deal in Doha, Qatar, [7] which stipulated fighting restrictions for both the US and the Taliban, and in return for the Taliban's counter-terrorism commitments, provided ...
Four reasons why Biden ‘failed’ in Afghanistan withdrawal. August 18, 2021 at 9:30 AM ...