Ali Adili
Ali Yawar Adili is a Non-Resident Fellow at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation (CIC) and an independent policy researcher and analyst specializing in international security, conflict resolution, and democratization.
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The Taliban Insurgency from 2002-2021: A special series with Professor William Maley (Part 2) (opens the original)
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The year 2026 marks several historical critical events related to Afghanistan: the fifth anniversary of the fall of the Republic and the return of the Taliban; the withdrawal of US and NATO forces; the 25th anniversary of 9/11, which triggered the US-led intervention in Afghanistan; and the 30th anniversary of the original rise to power of the Taliban. Professor William Maley has kindly agreed to a special series of deep-dive conversations on Taliban 1.0, Taliban insurgency, and Taliban 2.0. In
The Rise and Fall of Taliban 1.0: A Special Series with Professor William Maley (Part 1) (opens the original)
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The year 2026 marks several historical critical events related to Afghanistan: the fifth anniversary of the fall of the Republic and the return of the Taliban; the withdrawal of US and NATO forces; the 25th anniversary of 9/11, which triggered the US-led intervention in Afghanistan; and the 30th anniversary of the original rise to power of the Taliban. Professor William Maley has kindly agreed to a special series of deep-dive conversations on Taliban 1.0, the Taliban insurgency, and Taliban 2.0.
"Mathiullah Khan's Modus Operandi Was Knives and Acid": A Deep-Dive Conversation with Captain Thomas O'Neil (opens the original)
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In this deep-dive conversation, Captain Thomas O’Neill shares his experiences working with Watan Group, former Urozgan police chief Mathiullah Khan and his involvement in supporting US intelligence gathering activities through business in Afghanistan.He says that he kept tabs on China’s activity in Afghanistan and that Chinese restaurants in Kabul serve… Read more
Afghanistan's Experiment with Electoral Democracy (Part 2): A Deep-Dive Conversation with Grant Kippen (opens the original)
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In this second part of a deep-dive conversation on Afghanistan's experiment with electoral democracy during the US-led intervention from 2001 to 2021, Grant Kippen discusses the "systemic and premeditated fraud" in the 2009 presidential election and the ECC's role in uncovering it. His role as EEC chairman in 2005 and 2009 led President Karzai to call him "architect of fraud" and try to prevent him from entering the country for observation of the 2010 parliamentary elections.Grant has worked in
“How Did We Become a War-Torn Nation?” A Deep-Dive Conversation with Dr Wazhmah Osman on Decolonising Afghanistan (opens the original)
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In this deep-dive conversation, Dr Wazhmah Osman, associate professor at Temple University’s Klein College of Media and Communication, discusses decolonising Afghanistan, drawing on her co-edited volume “Decolonizing Afghanistan: Countering Imperial Knowledge and Power.” She explains why it is important to situate Afghanistan within the broader colonial studies and the need for “cultural fluency” in producing nuanced understanding and knowledge about Afghanistan. Moreover, she highlights the pos
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