Obaidullah Baheer

Obaidullah Baheer is a lecturer of Transitional Justice at the American University in Kabul. He holds a postgraduate degree in International Relations from the University of New South Wales where he majored in Peace and Negotiation.

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Year to the ground: Taliban’s quest for elusive global legitimacy

Afghanistan’s current leadership must show pragmatism, should find a way to provide common sense with global and regional powers, and hope and wait for the financial aid they desperately need to revive the war-battered country’s economy.

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Year to the ground: Taliban’s quest for elusive global legitimacy

Mapping a path to democratising Afghanistan post-Taliban takeover

Afghans deserve a democratic system, one that is localised to them.

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Mapping a path to democratising Afghanistan post-Taliban takeover

The Taliban is repeating the US’ counterinsurgency mistakes

Washington’s ill-planned approach strengthened the Taliban insurgency. Now, Kabul risks doing the same to Daesh-K.

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The Taliban is repeating the US’ counterinsurgency mistakes

The Afghans who stayed are stuck between a rock and a hard place

Afghans are glad to be liberated from a corrupt system but are terrified at the prospect of a tyrannical alternative.

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The Afghans who stayed are stuck between a rock and a hard place

Taliban and the question of international recognition

The international community wields the powerful card of isolating or recognising the Taliban regime; a delicate balance that will affect average Afghans and regional stability alike.

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Taliban and the question of international recognition

Avoiding a final stand in Kabul

An urgent power-sharing agreement between Ghani’s government and the Taliban is one way of avoiding bloody confrontation in the capital.

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There are no innocent bystanders in the Afghan war

A political and economic intervention by the international community could drive the conflict to a stalemate in favour of the Kabul government, giving it space to create a new strategy.

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There are no innocent bystanders in the Afghan war

What are the possible outcomes of the Afghanistan - Taliban conflict?

While a local peace proposal is ideal, realities on the ground demand that the parties avoid further bloodshed and meet halfway through a political settlement.

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What are the possible outcomes of the Afghanistan - Taliban conflict?

The CIA’s Afghanistan assessment risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy

What Afghans need is for the US to be a responsible partner and stop adding fuel to the fire by foretelling the collapse of the Afghan government after announcing troop withdrawal.

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The CIA’s Afghanistan assessment risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy