August 20, 2021
Afghanistan: Taliban Takeover
Lisa Curtis, former senior National Security Council official under the Trump administration, now director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security discusses the domestic and international ramifications of the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Listen to the full conversation from Voice of America.
More from CNAS
-
Afghanistan: Why Does Trump Want to Retake Bagram Air Base?
Video
Lisa Curtis, senior fellow and program director at the Center for a New American Security joined Deutsche Welle to discuss President Trump's comments on the U.S. regaining con...
By Lisa Curtis
-
A Failure to Plan: Examining the Biden Administration’s Preparation for the Afghanistan Withdrawal
Congressional Testimony
Afghanistan, Iraq, and Vietnam. One failure is a horrible accident; two failures are a tragic coincidence; three failures are a disturbing trend that shows the U.S. government...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
-
Against All Odds
Reports
Eighteen months after taking power, the Taliban is intensifying its repression of Afghan civil society and cracking down on the rights and freedoms of all Afghans, especially ...
By Lisa Curtis, Annie Pforzheimer & Jan Mohammad Jahid
-
To Help Afghanistan, Engage Its Political Opposition
Commentary
The effort to help Afghans shape a better alternative should begin now....
By Richard Fontaine & Lisa Curtis
