Fully withdrawn from Afghanistan, America has formally concluded its longest ever war. President Joe Biden’s decision to end the costly, fruitless Afghanistan mission reflects pragmatism—and a degree of resolve that Presidents Obama and Trump were seemingly without. Yet, Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal (and the corresponding, lightning-fast Taliban reclamation) has been politically corrosive, a point of bipartisan condemnation. Amongst a chorus of…
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Afghans found temporary homes from Vienna to Salzburg—homes they may soon lose.
From the Goethe-Institut: “Berlin- and Hamburg-based costa compagnie, an open collaboration of artists at the intersection of documentary, dance, and performance, presents fragments from its piece Conversion / After Afghanistan, followed by an artist talk. Shortly before the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) pulled out of Afghanistan in December 2014, costa compagnie travelled to Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif to interview locals,…
A talk with Robert D. Crews, professor at Stanford, on his book Afghan Modern: The History of a Global Nation, which discusses the place of Afghans in the global world. Crews will focus on Afghan interactions with Russia, the USSR and Central Asia.