Afghanistan

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Taliban fighters stood guard as people searched for relatives outside a hospital after a suicide attack at an education center in Kabul on Friday. (PHOTO: STR/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES)
In the Media
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husain_haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
9.25 Coffey
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Afghan politician Ahmad Massoud, one of the leaders of the National Resistance Front and son of the famed Mujahideen leader Ahmed Shah Massoud, in Paris, France, on March 22, 2021. (Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images)
Commentary
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luke_coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
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Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri
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Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri photographed in 2001. (Hamid Mir via Wikimedia Commons http://centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/features/pakistan/main/2011/05/03/feature-02)
In the Media
husain_haqqani
husain_haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
Members of Taliban led government, as well as many Afghan men participate in celebrations marking the 1st anniversary of the US-led troops' withdrawal from the country in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 31, 2022. (Photo by Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Members of Taliban led government, as well as many Afghan men, participate in celebrations marking the first anniversary of the US-led troops' withdrawal from the country in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 31, 2022. (Photo by Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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MA Candidate, Georgetown University and former diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan
Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor, Security Studies Program, Georgetown University
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Cover photo for an article published by al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) magazine Hitteen on China, Pakistan, and the Uyghurs. (Riccardo Valle and Lucas Webber)
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Cover photo for an article published by al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) magazine Hitteen on China, Pakistan, and the Uyghurs. (Riccardo Valle and Lucas Webber)
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Researcher focused on jihadism, armed groups, and politics in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.
Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst, Tech Against Terrorism
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