With the Taliban now in control of the vast majority of Afghanistan, the world needs to swiftly deprive them, and allies such as al-Qaeda, of the resources needed to carry out external attacks (Image: Naeblys, Shutterstock)
Confronting terrorism after the Afghanistan withdrawal
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The US must reverse image of defeat and turn eyes towards Iran
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Australia’s Performance in a Challenging and Changing World – Alexander Downer
The Hon. Alexander Downer AC addressed a range...
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Can Israel trust America after the withdrawal from Afghanistan? – Jeremy Jones on SBS radio
The situation in Afghanistan is still very uncertain...
Pakistan and the Taliban's Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan are close allies, with the Pakistanin security services having provided arms, bases and training to the Taliban, even while Pakistan was ostensibly assisting the US-led coalition fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. (Photo: Oleg Bezrukov/ Shutterstock)
Pakistan and the Taliban
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The Afghanistan-based Khorasan Province of the Islamic State (source: Wikimedia Commons)
The Taliban and the global jihad
It took the Taliban less than ten days...
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How Afghanistan fell to the Taliban so quickly – Jeremy Jones on SBS radio
The situation in Afghanistan is uncertain and evolving...
The US-trained Afghan army was improving, but everyone knew it was not yet ready to operate without international assistance (Source: Flickr)
Afghanistan didn’t have to end this way
As Afghanistan collapsed, there was no shortage of...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi: Seeking to exploit the US defeat in Afghanistan to aggressively advance Iran’s regional goals (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Iran celebrates US Afghanistan disaster
Newly installed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi celebrated the...
Numerous countries helped the Taliban achieve their victory, including Pakistan, Qatar and, to some extent, Iran (Source: Twitter)
Afghanistan’s Winners
The victors in Kabul will be those who...
The Taliban victory is likely to create a perception of Islamist ascendancy across the Middle East and beyond
Afghanistan Disaster
A tragic event of great symbolic importance is now...
A Taliban fighter stands guard at a checkpoint in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 17 August 2021. (Credit: EPA/Stringer/AAP)
Editorial: Picking up the pieces
The collapse of the Afghan security forces like...
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