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The sides that are betting on the Taliban should rethink their logic. Most religious regimes collapsed due to their incapability to separate between their ideologies and running the state affairs. Although the Taliban this year seem different from the Taliban that took over in Afghanistan back in…

If I supported the axis of resistance, the US withdrawal from Afghanistan would have left me facing two dilemmas: The first dilemma is a kind of conundrum: on the one hand, it would be tempting to speak of a crushing American defeat reminiscent of that suffered in Vietnam in the mid-1970s. It…

No TV series has garnered as much views as Kabul Airport. It would have been difficult for any masterful director to go so far in fantasy. It is unimaginable to have such a cruel ending to a story of this kind that began with the Sept. 11 attacks, which were committed by visitors whom the Taliban…

One of my great concerns about the pandemic was that it would hinder the global mobility of people and labor, perhaps permanently. Unfortunately, my worst fears are being realized: As Covid mutates, it is affecting not only tourism and business travel but migration more generally. Consider that…

When the Taliban was last in control of Afghanistan, the world used cellphones for voice calls, the Internet was accessed from desktop computers over copper phone lines, and digital photography was in its infancy. But within a few years of defeat by the US military in 2001, the militant…

As President Biden watched Kabul descend into hell, did he think of his beloved Yeats? He is the poet Biden recited as a teen to conquer his stutter. And Biden has quoted Yeats before while talking about the Middle East. “The Second Coming” eerily sprang to life in the president’s helter…

As Americans, we have many strengths, but strategic patience is not among them. We have been able to summon it at critical times such as the Revolutionary War and World War II, where, for example, Congress did not threaten to defund the war effort if it wasn’t wrapped up by 1944. In Korea, nearly…

The many reports pointing to the death of the government’s antitrust case against Facebook Inc. were greatly exaggerated. The Federal Trade Commission has decided not to give up. On Thursday, the regulatory agency refiled its federal lawsuit against the internet giant, contending the company…

As the Taliban reconquers Afghanistan in the wake of the US withdrawal, the US has a moral obligation to allow in refugees. Many Afghans worked for the US during the occupation, often risking their lives to do so; they've earned the right to a safe home in the country they chose to support…

Hong Kong’s ham-handed Covid-19 containment policies are becoming dangerous. Measures meant to make the territory’s 7.5 million people feel safe and keep the virus at bay are no longer effective. The most recent, obvious example is a failure to acknowledge that unvaccinated adults are now the…

Scientists are raising serious questions about the wisdom of the push for Covid-19 boosters unveiled on Wednesday by President Joe Biden. It’ll be hard to judge whether extra shots for the vaccinated will be helpful or counterproductive until more of the data behind the decision become available. …

In continuation of my article on the major developments taking place in Afghanistan, today, I will move on to the bigger picture. Afghanistan is one piece of the perplexing global puzzle, which can only be understood when seen as a whole. However, this does not mean we should interpret every…