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Afghanistan’s abyss
Posted By Brahma Chellaney on August 16, 2022 @ 11:00
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[1] geopolitical fallout: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/pax-americana-died-in-afghanistan-by-brahma-chellaney-2021-08
[2] no coincidence: https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Biden-s-Afghan-debacle-has-emboldened-China-and-Russia
[3] lost their rights: https://press.un.org/en/2022/sc14946.doc.htm
[4] murdering: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/04/12/opinion/taliban-afghanistan-revenge.html
[5] become commonplace: https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-taliban-killing-facebook-criticism/31592685.html
[6] fleeing: https://thediplomat.com/2022/07/taliban-2-0-the-end-game-for-afghan-sikhs-and-hindus/
[7] who’s who: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/narco-terrorism-taliban-trafficking-opioids-and-meth-by-brahma-chellaney-2021-11
[8] narcotics kingpins: https://www.spytalk.co/p/taliban-include-heroin-kingpins-in
[9] responsible for Afghanistan’s internal security: https://www.ft.com/content/2cf8b571-cbca-4f0a-9847-b3394cde736e
[10] shelter: https://t.co/UakfGq6hG8
[11] assassination: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/08/01/remarks-by-president-biden-on-a-successful-counterterrorism-operation-in-afghanistan/
[12] victory lap: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/02/biden-ayman-al-zawahiri-al-qaida
[13] claimed: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/08/20/remarks-by-president-biden-on-evacuations-in-afghanistan/
[14] report: https://www.undocs.org/en/S/2021/486
[15] left behind: https://media.defense.gov/2022/May/17/2002998795/-1/-1/1/LEAD%20INSPECTOR%20GENERAL%20FOR%20OPERATION%20FREEDOM%E2%80%99S%20SENTINEL%20AND%20OPERATION%20ENDURING%20SENTINEL%20-%20JANUARY%201,%202022%20%E2%80%93%20MARCH%2031,%202022.PDF
[16] overrule: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/17/us/politics/biden-afghanistan-withdrawal.html
[17] declared: https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-on-afghanistan/
[18] easing sanctions: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0609
[19] spearheaded: https://press.un.org/en/2021/sc14750.doc.htm#:~:text=Security%20Council%20Unanimously%20Adopts%20Resolution,Faces%20Economic%20Crisis%20%7C%20UN%20Press
[20] negotiating: https://www.state.gov/u-s-delegation-meeting-with-taliban-representatives-on-afghan-central-bank-reserves/
[21] target: https://www.voanews.com/a/will-us-hit-more-most-wanted-haqqanis-in-afghanistan-/6687402.html
[22] narrative: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/us/politics/biden-al-zawahri-qaeda.html
[23] members: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/01/zawahiri-al-qaeda-killed/
[24] major non-NATO allies: https://www.state.gov/major-non-nato-ally-status/
[25] loan dispersal: https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Pakistan-army-chief-appeals-to-U.S.-in-rush-to-avoid-debt-default
[26] harbouring: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/02/al-qaeda-leader-taliban-protection/
[27] international jihadist movement: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/sunni-islam-federalism-by-brahma-chellaney-2014-11
[28] declared: https://twitter.com/abdsayedd/status/1542858636652855301