CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler: "'Since the Taliban have now gained control of Afghanistan by military means, it will be their responsibility not only to rule by force, but also to rule.'"

"Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director at Counter Extremist Project, warned the Taliban now has the ability to 'tap into any economic activity in the country'."

CEP Advisory Board member Senator Joseph Lieberman writes: "President Trump’s policy and President Biden’s decision were not required by any facts on the ground. The United States and Afghanistan had achieved a strategic balance."

"Chief among those likely to turn the country into fertile ground for terror is Farooqi, who was arrested by Afghan forces in April 2020 in Kandahar. He was Isis’s emir in South and Central Asia at the time, according to analysis by the Counter...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "Nathan Sales, the State Department's coordinator for counterterrorism until January, estimated it would now take al Qaeda six months to reconstitute the ability to conduct external operations...

CEP Advisory Board member interviewed: "Former Ambassador-at-large Nathan Sales slams the president's evacuation effort on 'The Evening Edit'."

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "While there have been some reports in the Pakistani media that the land borders between the two countries have reopened, Schindler said such cross-border trade will not make a substantive...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales interviewed: "The notion that the United States would ask the Taliban for permission to rescue our own citizens is just ludicrous."

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "'It remains to be seen if they demonstrate an interest in doing so or whether their income continues to be diverted primarily to finance their fighting machine and bankroll the rather lavish...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "Hans-Jakob Schindler, diplomático alemán y funcionario de la ONU que trabajó en las sanciones contra los talibanes, dijo que el futuro económico de Afganistán a corto plazo es nefasto. 'Aparte de...