"The Taliban 'are going to use the evacuation of these Americans to extract concessions, like the unfreezing of assets. They’re going to insist on diplomatic recognition,' Mr. Sales told The Washington Times. 'They’re going to insist on sanctions...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "'We should brace ourselves for more chaos and disorder,' said Nathan Sales, who led the State Department’s Counterterrorism Bureau during the Trump administration. 'It’s very difficult to do...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales interviewed: "Nathan Sales discusses President Biden's troop withdrawal in Afghanistan on 'America Reports'"

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "Der frühere deutsche Diplo­mat Hans-Jakob Schindler, bis 2018 Koordinator des UNO-Beob­achterteams für al-Qaida, die Taliban und den „Islamischen Staat“ (IS) beim UN-Sicherheitsrat, sagte...

"'What was surprising is that ISIS-K regularly conducted attacks in Kabul, the center of the operational area of the Haqqani network, the Salafi-oriented network within the Taliban that has the closest links to Al-Qaeda of all the various Taliban...

"'What was surprising is that ISIS-K regularly conducted attacks in Kabul, the center of the operational area of the Haqqani network, the Salafi-oriented network within the Taliban that has the closest links to Al-Qaeda of all the various Taliban...

"'What was surprising is that ISIS-K regularly conducted attacks in Kabul, the center of the operational area of the Haqqani network, the Salafi-oriented network within the Taliban that has the closest links to Al-Qaeda of all the various Taliban...

"'What was surprising is that ISIS-K regularly conducted attacks in Kabul, the center of the operational area of the Haqqani network, the Salafi-oriented network within the Taliban that has the closest links to Al-Qaeda of all the various Taliban...

"'What was surprising is that ISIS-K regularly conducted attacks in Kabul, the center of the operational area of the Haqqani network, the Salafi-oriented network within the Taliban that has the closest links to Al-Qaeda of all the various Taliban...

"Ivor Roberts, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, told Voice of America he thought the move was akin to a 'fox being put in charge of a chicken coop.'"