Carnegie Connects — Leaving Afghanistan: Risks, Rewards, and Repercussions

AboutPulling U.S. forces out of Afghanistan by September 11 is perhaps the boldest foreign policy decision of Joe Biden’s presidency to date. What drove the administration to make this decision? What are the implications for the stability of Afghanistan and the rights of women and minorities in the nation? And how will withdrawal impact the United States’ capacity to pursue an effective counterterrorism strategy?

Join us as Jessica Donati, Laurel Miller, and Michael O’Hanlon sit down with Aaron David Miller to answer these and other questions.

Laurel Miller is director of the Asia Program at the International Crisis Group. From 2013 to 2017, she served as deputy and then acting special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan at the U.S. Department of State.

Michael O’Hanlon is a senior fellow and director of research in the Foreign Policy studies program at Brookings; his new book is The Art of War in an Age of Peace: U.S. Grand Strategy and Resolute Restraint.

Jessica Donati covers foreign affairs for the Wall Street Journal. She was previously the paper’s bureau chief in Afghanistan. Her new book is Eagle Down: The Last Special Forces Fighting the Forever War.

Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focusing on U.S. foreign policy.

The Carnegie Endowment advances international peace by leveraging its global network to shape debates and provide decisionmakers with independent insights and innovative ideas on the most consequential global threats and opportunities.


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[amanshukla]

This debate is the reason why the Taliban are winning. You guys debate and discuss everything, but you never discuss about the country that supports and harbours the Taliban, that is country is Pakistan, and you never discuss them, hence you never win in Afghanistan.