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September 23, 2021

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler writes: "Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, President Biden took credit for having “ended 20 years of conflict in Afghanistan” and “opening a new era of relentless diplomacy.” But he...

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September 21, 2021

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "'For counterterrorism strikes, you need assets in theater: good ‘signals’ intelligence, but also human intelligence networks operating on the ground — spies who are prepared to tell us...

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September 20, 2021

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "'Over-the-horizon counterterrorism doesn’t work,' Nathan Sales, who served as ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism, told the Washington Examiner in an interview. 'We...

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September 20, 2021

"According to Counter Extremism Project (CEP) research analyst Riza Kumar, ISIS-K is estimated to have a force of at least 2,000 affiliated fighters. The group, which was officially accepted by the core ISIS group as an affiliate in January 2015, was...

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September 17, 2021

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales interviewed: "Former White House coordinator for counterterrorism and former ambassador-at-large Nathan Sales on American foreign policy regarding Afghanistan and China."

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September 16, 2021

"More than half of the Taliban’s 33-member cabinet in Afghanistan are on the UN Security Council's (UNSC) terrorism blacklist, according to the Counter Extremism Project (CEP)...Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler, a senior director of the CEP – an international...

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September 15, 2021

CEP research cited: "The Taliban announced the formation of an interim government for Afghanistan on September 7. The lineup of senior positions includes former Guantanamo inmates, members of a US-designated terror group and the subjects of...

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September 15, 2021

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed as part of segment on Afghanistan: "A #humanitarian crisis is emerging in #Afghanistan in the wake of the dramatic political changes that have swept the country. UN Secretary-General Antonio...

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September 15, 2021

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interview republished: "A #humanitarian crisis is emerging in #Afghanistan in the wake of the dramatic political changes that have swept the country. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at a high...

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September 13, 2021

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales interviewed for podcast: "What went wrong in Afghanistan, and who is to blame? Is America safer today than on September 10, 2001? What lessons should the leaders of America's foreign policy draw from...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.

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