Afghanistan

Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation (left), and Taliban representative Abdul Ghani Baradar (right) sign the agreement to bring peace to Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar on Feb. 29, 2020.
Middle East Forum Online
Jihadist Diplomacy: A Silent Shift in Global Politics
In Some Cases, Media Narratives Have Shifted to Focus on Pragmatism Rather Than Ideology, Portraying Engagement With Such Groups as a Necessary Evil Rather Than a Strategic Risk.
February 14, 2025
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Amine Ayoub
The Syrian opposition group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham takes control of the Aleppo citadel on December 2, 2024.
Middle East Forum Online
Europe’s Pragmatic Approach to Syria Rooted in Afghanistan Debacle
Europe’s Engagement with the New Syrian Leadership Has Been Notably Swift, Yet It Still Refuses to Recognise the Taliban
January 31, 2025
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Loqman Radpey
Ahnaf Kalam
FWI Research
Western Islamists Work to Build the Taliban’s Afghanistan into a Global Caliphate
February 22, 2024
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Sam Westrop
Winfield Myers
FWI Research
Prominent UK Islamists Pay Homage to Taliban in Afghanistan, Face Condemnation from Fellow Muslims
August 28, 2023
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Hannah Baldock
Ahnaf Kalam
FWI Government Funding of Islamism
U.S. Taxpayers Donated $391K to Terrorist-Defending Imam’s Two Organizations
July 28, 2023
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Dexter Van Zile
Girls and women in burqas — required under Taliban rule — walk through a graveyard near Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by timsimages.uk via Stock Adobe.)
FWI News
Canadian Government Admits Money Sent to Afghanistan Will Help Taliban, Islamists Rejoice
March 13, 2023
Winfield Myers
FWI News
Canadian Islamists Celebrate Prospect of Tax-Deductible Funds Going to Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan
February 9, 2023
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Susannah Johnston
Credit: UN Photo/Fardin Waez
FWI Research
Ban Afghan Women from Universities? Western Islamists Divided
December 23, 2022
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Sam Westrop