Islamic State - Khorasan Province (ISKP) emir Sanaullah Ghafari, also known as Shahab al-Muhajir (image: State Department)
Afghanistan’s ISKP remains primarily a regional threat for now
In March 2023, US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief...
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Iran
The Russo-Iranian alliance comes to Europe
“We naturally think that relations between Russia and...
The two terrorist founders of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden (L) and his successor Ayman al-Zawahiri, both now brought to justice by the US
Afghanistan and Iran after the assassination of Zawahiri
On August 2, US President Joe Biden announced...
A US soldier patrols with Afghan soldiers in the village of Yawez in Wardak province, Afghanistan, 17 February 2010 (credit: U.S. Army, Flickr).
The Afghanistan retreat: We may soon be recalling why we went there in the first place.
Fathom Journal – December 2021    Tzvi Fleischer...
Taliban military parade (screenshot)
The Taliban are losing the fight against Islamic State
The Strategist –  6 December 2021  In what...
Osama Bin Laden interviewed on Al Jazeera, October 2001 (credit: Maher Attar/Sygma/Corbis via Globovisión)
Al Jazeera, Qatar and the Taliban
When Taliban insurgents seized the presidential palace in...
Australian soldiers (L-R) Corporal Amanda Wright, Corporal Cindy Veenman and Captain Karin Cann at Multinational Base Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, 2010 (credit: SGT Mick Davis)
Afghanistan withdrawal will increase terror threat to Australia
Originally published in The Strategist (ASPI) – 14...