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. Amine Ayoub Feb. 14, 2025
Afghanistan and Gaza: Tragedy and farce You wonder why a Hamas rapist who gets what he deserves is reinvented as an innocent civilian murdered as part of a “genocide,” while Afghan women are transformed into chattels and slaves, and the world remains silent. Ben Cohen Sept. 13, 2024
America’s ‘self-defeat’ in Afghanistan Three years after the U.S. withdrawal, lessons should have been learned. Clifford D. May Aug. 21, 2024
Salman Rushdie: ‘Free Palestine is a Taliban-like state’ "A satellite state of Iran. Is this what the progressive movements of the Western left want to create?” the author asked. May 20, 2024
Who will celebrate World Hijab Day this year? No doubt plenty of virtue-signaling progressives will observe this celebration of misogyny. A.J. Caschetta Jan. 24, 2023
Whoopi Goldberg: labeling Hamas, Taliban as terror groups ‘depends on who you talk to’ Earlier this year, the co-host of “The View” sparked a controversy when she denied the Nazis’ racist motives. Nov. 25, 2022
Taliban, Hamas officials meet in Turkey The meeting comes just weeks after Israeli media reported that Taliban officials favored establishing diplomatic relations between Afghanistan and Israel. Nov. 2, 2022
Abandoning Afghanistan The impact of America’s capitulation to the Taliban. Clifford D. May Aug. 24, 2022
With al-Zawahiri’s assassination, it’s Groundhog Day for America (again) The United States has now returned to the point at which it all started: the axis between the Taliban and Al-Qaeda that led to 9/11 and put troops into Afghanistan in the first place. Melanie Phillips Aug. 4, 2022
