Month: August 2021

  • Rewriting a new Afghan Constitution: A Briefing Paper

    Syed Sharfuddin The G7 countries met virtually on 24 August under the chairmanship of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and demanded that Taliban must extend the deadline for foreign troops to leave Afghanistan beyond August to complete evacuation of all US and NATO troops, as well as stranded foreign nationals in Kabul and those Afghans […]

  • Afghanistan: Collapse of a Government or a Grand Strategy

    Syed Sharfuddin Executive Summary This essays argues that the major reason for the fall of Afghanistan was Taliban fighters’ surprisingly quick move into Afghan provinces and the capital Kabul in August 2021 in a matter of weeks rather than months. It cannot be doubted that the Taliban had prepared for this move in advance, making […]

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