Where the Afghan Peace Process Is Going?
Where the Afghan Peace Process Is Going? Ahmad Mohibi is the founder of Rise to Peace. Follow him on Twitter at @ahmadsmohibi
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Can John Walker Lindh “American Taliban” Be De-radicalized?
The United States Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) is set to release the “American Taliban”, John Walker Lindh, after serving 17 years of a 20-year sentence. US Special Operations Forces and the Northern Alliance arrested the “American Taliban” in November 2001 in Afghanistan. A plea bargain with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) led Lindh …
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What Afghanistan Needs to Move Forward: National Unity
Afghanistan’s hero, General Abdul Raziq, was killed just days before the parliamentary elections, leaving a wide power vacuum in the Taliban’s birthplace, Kandahar. General Raziq was shot and killed as he was leaving a U.S.-Afghan meeting in Kandahar, where Gen. Austin S. Miller, the Commander of American forces in Afghanistan, the Kandahar provincial governor, and …
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CURE FOR A CHRONIC DISEASE
Originally published at Asian Affairs Magazine Ahmad Mohibi offers a prognosis for peace in a nation sick from prolonged conflict and corruption After 17 years of war, Afghanistan is on life-support. It is plagued with chronic violence, corruption, political divergence and proxy wars. The international community is running out of ideas on how to how to …
The Afghan peace talks: Feasible, or futile?
Originally published at Washington Examiner Last week, the Taliban carried out a series of deadly attacks throughout Afghanistan, leaving over 500 dead and dozens wounded. Although a peace offer remains on the table, the Taliban are on the move, destroying any hope for peace and reconciliation. The Ghazni attack was an embarrassment for the Afghan …
