How Foreign Interventions Unmade Modern Afghanistan

Political modernization created features of a modern secular state in Afghanistan by the 1970s before foreign interventions undid it

Tribalism, corruption, and the absence of modern institutions have been blamed for Afghanistan's troubles, overlooking political modernization and the creation of features of a modern secular state by the 1970s before foreign interventions unmade them

Iraq Diaries: How ISIS Met Its Match In Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi

Volunteers of al-Hashd al-Shaabi were deployed as shock troops and negated ISIS's advantages of surprise, sudden attack, and ambush

Mecca Siege: Takeover Of Islam’s Holiest Shrine Cast Long Shadow

The Mecca siege, Iranian revolution and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan back to back in the same year triggered a chain reaction and among other things fuelled Islamophobia, which has now escalated globally to epidemic proportions

Boomerang: How Regime Change In Iraq, Iran Hurt West’s Interests

Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's statue being toppled after regime change in Iraq on April 9, 2003

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's allegations that the US backed an attempt to oust him in April 2022 put a spotlight on Washington's involvement in regime changes

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